Africa’s press freedom is deteriorating, with many countries experiencing increased repression, violence, and state-sanctioned media manipulation against journalists.
For many journalists across the continent, the threats have little to do with machines or algorithms, it’s the fear of physical violence and unlawful detentions.
Six years after a military court in Cameroon sentenced Conrad to 15 years, he called on the international community for help.
Universities Are Training Students for Silence
The student journalist had come to cover the inauguration of UI’s newly elected Student Union executives and its legislative arm, Student Representative Council (SRC) members.
This funding will enable the organisation to recruit journalists from Nigeria, Kenya, and Zambia to produce pro-freedom stories.
Reporters Without Borders sees a worrying decline in support and respect for media autonomy and increasing pressure from the state actors.
Speaking on the floor of the House of Respresentative, Jimbo bemoaned the troubling increase in the number of journalists being unlawfully arrested, detained, and harassed for carrying out their professional duties while relying on the offense of Cyber-Stalking within the Cybercrimes Act, 2015.
Young journalists and media experts said the rising threats and arrests of journalists have created a culture of fear, deterring many aspiring journalists from pursuing their dreams.
The abysmal treatment of media practitioners in the past one year depicts the degeneration and misuse of the rule of law in handling journalists.
Journalism is both demanding and dangerous in Nigeria. The sour relationship between the media and authorities has battered the freedom of journalistic practices, making it
When press freedom is under threat, citizens’ right to information suffers.
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