Jos Van Steelandt

Jos Van Steelandt is a historian and student of the master in Conflict and Development at Ghent University, currently doing research on print-media in Uganda

Uganda: Pushing journalists toward self-censorship

by Jos Van Steelandt | 29 Apr 14

In Uganda, journalists are not only dealing with outright censorship. It seems the government of president Yoweri Museveni is employing a strategy that is aimed at pushing journalists towards self-censorship, Jos Van Steelandt writes

Burundi: Nkurunziza targets the press

by Jos Van Steelandt | 28 Apr 14

After a bloody civil war, Burundi looked like it had turned the corner, until the country’s president rounded on the press with repressive legislation, Jos Van Steelandt reports