Two journalists filming an anti-government march in the Togolese capital Lomé were attacked by police last week. Freelance journalist Noël Kokou...
Togo: Police assault journalists, confiscate equipment
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Offices of Nigerian dailies bombed
The offices of daily newspapers in the Nigerian cities of Abuja and Kaduna were bombed on 26 April. In a statement issued yesterday, Nigeria's State...
Ethiopia: Leading weekly’s website blocked
Access to the website of Ethiopia's leading weekly newspaper has been blocked within the country. The website of privately-owned weekly, The...
Namibia: Journalist wins libel case against Swapo
Freelance journalist John Grobler has won a libel case against Namibia's ruling Swapo party. On Friday (13 April), the party was ordered to pay...
South Sudan: Independence has not brought freedom for press
In November last year, Ngor Garang was illegally detained and repeatedly tortured for 18 days in South Sudan’s national security headquarters,...
Comoros: Newspaper supplement withdrawn
The Comoros' interior minister Ahamada Abdallah has withdrawn state daily Al Watan’s latest monthly supplement from distribution and issued a decree...
Eritrea: Detained journalist admitted to hospital
Eritrean journalist Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu, in custody since her arrest in February 2009, was admitted to hospital in Asmara earlier this year,...
Angola’s opposition begins to speak up
In his 32 years in power, Angola’s President José Edouardo Dos Santos has adopted the maxim, "if you can't beat them, buy them". The silence of...
Somaliland: Journalists detained without charge
Two journalists have been detained without charge for over a week. Somaliland authorities arrested Ahmed Ali Farah, a reporter for Royal TV, in the...
Freedomfone win the Innovation Award sponsored by Google
Freedomfone by Kubatana accept the Innovation Award, which recognises innovation and original use of new technology to circumvent censorship and...
Malawai: growing discontent over censorship and suppression of opposition
President Bingu wa Mutharika in Malawai is facing growing criticism for authoritarianism, Â from both internal and external critics. He has been...
Swaziland: Social media lese majeste law planned
Swaziland's justice minister has told the country's senate that the government is finalising a law that would make it illegal to criticise the King...
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.
