Tag: Reporters Without Borders

Egypt sets journalists free from pretrial detention

May 2, 2023

Egyptian authorities released Monday Al-Jazeera journalist, Hesham Abdel Aziz, and journalist Raouf Ebeid from pretrial detention, reports say. Abdel Aziz, a journalist at Al Jazeera ... Read More

Sahel is becoming ‘immensely dangerous’ ‘no-go area’ for journalists, RSF warns

April 5, 2023

Reporters Without Borders fears reporting in Africa's Sahel region will soon be 'mission impossible’, as the international NGO reveals in its latest report published on ... Read More

Cameroon detains business tycoon in connection with assassination of Martinez Zogo

February 7, 2023

Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, owner of L'Anecdote media group and acquaintance of Cameroonian Minister of Justice Laurent Esso, was arrested Monday in connection to investigation into ... Read More

Journalist union urges Nigeria to rescind revocation of licenses of 52 media outlets

August 22, 2022

A trade union representing workers in the arts and media industries in Nigeria has appealed to the country’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to rescind its ... Read More

After France, Reporters Without Borders voices concerns about future of journalism in Tunisia

January 20, 2022

France-based international media protection organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued Wednesday a stark report about the state of media in Tunisia as it warns against ... Read More

Mauritania: Reporters without Borders blasts internet blackout in wake of elections

June 26, 2019

Reporters without Borders (RSF) has condemned the cutting off of internet in Mauritania as part of moves to suppress protests that erupted following the victory ... Read More

Algeria Denies Access to Moroccan Journalists, Lags behind in Press Freedom

May 2, 2017

After abandoning Syrian refugees on the Moroccan borders in harsh conditions, Algeria proceeded to impose a ban on foreign journalists who have criticized this inhumane ... Read More

RSF Denounces Lack of Press Freedom in Algeria

December 23, 2016

Reporters Without Borders has denounced the suffocating lack of press freedom in Algerian media since the re-election of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a 4th term. ... Read More

Algerian Authorities Urged to Allow Free Media Coverage of the Election

April 16, 2014

The Algerian authorities have tightened their grip on visa requests by foreign journalists. Visas for the media, which are usually issued within two weeks, have ... Read More