The South African Communist Party (SACP) this week made a public call for a law to be instituted to protect the country’s president against...
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Anti-Boer song ignites incitement debate
In South Africa, the singing of "struggle songs" remains a bone of contention. Some South Africans contend, along with the courts, that songs should...
Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka on free speech and the “false intellectualisation” of Jihadist violence
Nigerian poet Wole Soyinka knows something about the dangers of speaking out. In 1967 the Nobel Prize winner was arrested and held in solitary...
South Africa’s president Zuma drops libel case over “rape” cartoon
South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma dropped his defamation lawsuit against the country’s most prominent newspaper cartoonist, Zapiro.
South Africa: ANC rewarms apartheid with court bill that will silence women
Rural people travelled hundreds of kilometres to voice their objections at South Africa’s parliament about a new bill that threatens to impose a...
Sudan’s press under threat as economy deteriorates
From mid-June to early August this year, Sudan has witnessed nationwide protests directly calling for regime change, sparked by an alarming increase...
Ethiopia pardons jailed Swedish journalists
Ethiopia has pardoned two Swedish journalists charged with supporting terrorism and will release them soon, a government source said on Monday....
South Africa’s Secrecy Bill: A threat to press freedom or an awakening?
South Africa’s parliament is in its final stages of reviewing a bill that, if passed, could have severe implications for press freedom in the...
The case for open access
MAGAZINE In many parts of the world, malaria continues to kill millions — yet experts are still denied access to vital research. Bart Knols reports
Ethiopia: Eskinder Nega sentenced to 18 years in prison
Prominent Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega was today sentenced to 18 years in prison for violating anti-terrorism laws. He and 23 other activists...
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.