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Sudan: Newspapers confiscated for publishing statements by Islamist opposition leader
The entire print-run of two Sudanese newspapers were seized by The National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) yesterday. Al-Tayar and...
Djibouti: Radio journalist threatened and tortured for 24 hours
A radio journalist was abducted and tortured by police last week in Djibouti, Africa. Farah Abadid Hildid of radio station La Voix de Djibouti, was...
Sudan: Publisher stops press to protest censorship
The publisher of an independent Sudanese newspaper has withheld an edition of the paper to protest censorship. National Intelligence and Security...
Somalia: Media network director gunned down outside home
The director of a media group has become the first journalist to be killed in Somalia in 2012. Shabelle Media Network director Hassan Osman Abdi was...
Ethiopia: Jailed dissident blogger may face death penalty
Jailed Ethiopian dissident blogger Eskinder Nega will stand trial in March for terrorism charges, a federal high court judge ruled this week. He...
Uganda: Photojournalist shot at by security forces
A Ugandan photojournalist was shot at by security forces on Tuesday as he covered their attack on the motorcade of opposition leader Kizza Besigye....
Senegal: Suspended prison sentences for journalists
Two Sengalese journalists have been given suspended prison sentences after been convicted of criminal libel. Editor Mamadou Biaye and reporter...
Ethiopia: Journalists and blogger convicted of terrorism
Two journalists and a US-based blogger (tried in absentia), were convicted on charges of terrorism in Addis Ababa yesterday. They may face the death...
Somalia: TV station raided, journalists detained
21 journalists were detained by security forces in Somalia over the weekend, following demonstrations against ongoing media crackdowns. Police...
Sudan’s security service closes newspapers
Sudan's National Intelligence Security Services (NISS) suspended Alwan, an independent daily newspaper On Friday 13 January. On Thursday and Friday...
DRC: Further blows to press freedom, despite new regulation body
Two privately owned Congolese newspapers were suspended on 5 January. The order for suspension came from the director of the provincial media...
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.
