Reporters without borders
Press freedom, Belarus opposition or Greta for Nobel Peace Prize?
The highlight of the Nobel season, the prestigious peace prize always elicits a flurry of speculation. But predicting the winner is a giant guessing game.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: We must jealously safeguard our country’s media freedom
In his weekly newsleter, President Ramaphosa looked at the 2021 World Press Freedom Index, which has described the state of media freedom in South Africa as ‘guaranteed but fragile’.
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Freedom index finds journalism blocked in 130+ countries
The Middle East and North Africa region continues to be the most repressive for journalists, the report found, highlighting the worsening situation in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria over the past year.
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Facebook hit by French lawsuit over hate speech
The Paris-based campaign group, known by its French acronym RSF, said it was taking Facebook to court for 'misleading commercial practices'.
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Press watchdog files suit against Saudi prince over Khashoggi
The criminal suit alleges systematic persecution of Khashoggi - who was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018- and dozens of other journalists.
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Justice 'trampled' in Khashoggi murder trial: media watchdog RSF
Khashoggi, a 'Washington Post' contributor, was murdered in October last year in what Riyadh called a 'rogue' operation, tipping the kingdom into one of its worst diplomatic crises and tarnishing the reputation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Web inventor Berners-Lee launches plan to stop internet abuse
Credited with laying the groundwork for the web - the universe of multimedia webpages accessible via the internet - in 1989, the computer scientist has since last year been developing the so-called Contract for the Web.
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World rankings on press freedom
World map showing country rankings on press freedom compiled by Reporters without Borders.
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'Iraq, Syria most dangerous countries for journalists'
More than 100 journalists have been killed globally this year, most of them in the line of duty.
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'2015 has been a deadly year for journalists globally'
Reporters Without Borders has called on the UN to appoint a representative to promote the safety of journos.
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Journalist murders in Syria a shocking new trend
The deadliest country for journalists this year was Syria, where 15 were killed.
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Jailing of Al Jazeera journalists 'political'
Reporters Without Borders says the situation in Egypt is a miscarriage of justice.
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WikiLeaks ‘relic’ sells for $33,000
The server used by the organisation in 2010 was auctioned off on eBay.
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The Africa Report: 12 July
EWN’s Africa Correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news.
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The Africa Report: 07 June
EWN's Africa Correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on today's top African news.
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The Africa Report: 16 May
EWN's Africa Correspondent, Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day's top African news
