Uganda

Serious concerns for transparency and journalist safety during Uganda’s general election

Uganda’s general election takes place amid significant threats to independent media.

Uganda

Silencing the Twitter-Chatter

Legislation to fight ‘fake news’ and cyber-crimes across Sub-Saharan Africa endangers press freedom

BBC confirms Africa venture and China deal

The broadcaster sets itself up to tell the African economic story, and builds on its natural history programming alliance with Chinese state TV

Rwanda’s state broadcaster to go independent

Under planned legal reforms, the Rwanda Bureau of Information and Broadcasting will be renamed and government oversight removed