Across the world, well-meaning laws intended to reduce online fraud and other scourges of the internet are being put to a very different use.

Press freedom was thought to have improved slightly since the death of Robert Mugabe. Recent events suggest otherwise.

Local journalists say it often feels like belligerents are waging an undeclared war against the press.

“Despite practicing self-censorship, we are still under a lot of pressure.”

Journalists in Cameroon struggle to report on the alleged death of Paul Biya.