Internet access is on the rise, but digital freedom is stifled by regime restrictions. Edward Ronald Sekyewa reports
Uganda: Internet under regime control
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CATEGORY: Africa
In Africa, journalists hamstrung by laws when reporting the news
African journalists face more than deadlines in the race to report the news. Justine Limpitlaw and Christian Echle of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s Media Programme write how media laws interfere
Regime repression stifles Sudan’s net freedom
Sudan has widespread and affordable internet access – the problem is the oppressive regime, writes Dalia Haj-Omar
Censorship, pay offs and deportation: Artistic freedom in Uganda
With a long history of combating official censorship, artists have a large role in Ugandan society, writes Edward Ronald Sekyewa
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The oasis in Uganda’s “literary desert”
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Seven politicians who take themselves way too seriously
After news agency AFP attempted to retract an unflattering photo of Francois Hollande, we look at politicians who have tried to censor images that make them look a bit silly
A conversation with Boniface Mwangi, Kenyan activist and photographer
Boniface Mwangi is an award winning Kenyan photographer and activist. Mwangi was interviewed by Index on Censorship Head of Arts Julia Farrington at an arts event in Ethiopia in July.
South Africa: Confronting choices about free expression
As the G20 nations prepare to meet in St Petersburg, Russia in early September, Index on Censorship is exploring the nations’ records on free expression. Today: Christi van der Westhuizen reports on South Africa
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.