Somalia's new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is urged by Reporters Without Borders to prioritise the safety of journalists "in a country where political violence and corruption have long prevailed over press freedom."
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Togo’s media regulator, the High Authority for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC), to rescind the disproportionate and arbitrary suspensions of two publications that it has ordered in the past month.
On 18 September 2001, Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki took advantage of the fact that the world was still stunned by the 9/11 terrorist attacks to transform his country into a dictatorship and ban all independent media. On the 20th anniversary of his crackdown in Eritrea, which is still a news and information black hole, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of all imprisoned journalists and urges Eritrea’s partner countries to pressure its government to lift the life sentence it imposed on media freedom.
Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud – elected on Sunday 15 May by 54 senators and 275 lower house members from among 39 candidates – must make journalists’ safety a priority in a country were political violence and corruption have long prevailed over press freedom, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF).