Africa Media Monitoring January to March 2026

International — Press-Freedom Bodies · 2026-06-05 · EU · verified record

Themes: Media & broadcasting · Online platforms

Ecosystems: EU Media Freedom Act

During the first quarter of 2026, IPI’s monitoring programme recorded 103 press freedom violations in 26 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. These spanned legal threats, arrests, and physical attacks, including the killing of a journalist in Somalia by a police officer. As in previous monitoring reports, state actors (86%) remain the primary source of these violations, especially police and state security actors. The violations affected 141 journalists, including 21 women journalists. In Somalia, a police officer shot and killed Abshir Khalif Shidane, a cameraman for the privately owned media

During the first quarter of 2026, IPI’s monitoring programme recorded 103 press freedom violations in 26 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. These spanned legal threats, arrests, and physical attacks, including the killing of a journalist in Somalia by a police officer. As in previous monitoring re

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