Press freedom on the decline in the Sahel?

2023-11-02 19:34:36 Back to Home / Broadcasts / Debate Published on : 02/11/2023 – 20:34 46:10 10 years ago, two RFI journalists, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, were assassinated in northern Mali. © france24 Ten years ago, on November 2, two RFI journalists, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, were murdered in Kidal, in northern Mali. … Read more

In Burkina Faso, the ruling junta suspends the French magazine Jeune Afrique

2023-09-25 20:04:24 Burkina Faso announced, Monday evening, the suspension of “all broadcast media” of the media Jeune Afrique, which has a paper newspaper and a website, after the publication of articles evoking tensions within the Burkinabè army. . Published on : 25/09/2023 – 22:04 3 mn New attack on press freedom in Burkina Faso. The … Read more

Guatemala’s Presidential Election: Disqualification, Corruption, and Human Rights Violations

2023-06-25 05:39:18 He should have been campaigning as the first round of the presidential election is played this Sunday, June 25 in Guatemala. But Jordan Rodas is exiled to Spain, 10,000 km from his running mate, Thelma Cabrera, who remained in the country. This left-wing tandem, formed by an activist from the Mayan community Mam … Read more

La Cenozo Condemns Obstacles to Investigative Journalism: Relief Measures Needed for Journalistic Freedom

2023-06-09 05:35:26 La Cenozo denounces a “deplorable situation” and an obstacle to investigative journalism. « We clearly see an attempt to muzzle the work that these newspapers do on a daily basis, explains David Dembélé, its chairman of the board of directors, joined by Gaelle Laleix of the Africa editorial staff. These two newspapers, they … Read more

In Tunisia, journalists demonstrate for freedom of the press

2023-05-18 21:43:29 Published on : 18/05/2023 – 23:43 Tunisian journalists demonstrated on Thursday to denounce the government’s “repressive” policy. The latter uses justice, according to them, to intimidate and submit the media. At the call of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists, the demonstrators also protested against the five-year prison sentence on appeal of a … Read more

Reporters Without Borders warns that press freedom is increasingly under threat in the Sahel

Press freedom is increasingly under threat in the Sahel, warns Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in an investigation entitled “In the shoes of a journalist in the Sahel”. In this forty-page document, the NGO details the multiple dangers and threats faced by journalists in the region. Chance of the calendar: this publication comes the day after … Read more

“The Sahel, soon a zone of non-information?”

Published on : 03/04/2023 – 08:08 On the front page of the press, this Monday, April 3, the reactions to the expulsions from Burkina Faso of the correspondents of the French daily newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, after the suspension of the broadcast of France F24 and RFI. The presentation, today in France, of the … Read more

the correspondents of Le Monde and Liberation expelled

The correspondents of the French dailies Le Monde and Liberation in Burkina Faso were expelled from this country on Saturday 1is April evening, their editorial staff announced on Sunday, denouncing an “unacceptable” and “arbitrary” measure. The two journalists arrived “Sunday morning in Paris”, said Liberation. “Our correspondent in Burkina Faso, Sophie Douce, has just been … Read more