A prison census report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has identified Eritrea, Ethiopia and Cameroon as three worst jailers of journalists in the Sub-Saharan African region in 2023. The report stated that the number of journalists jailed on December 1, 2023 in Sub-Saharan Africa rose from 37 recorded in 2022 to 47.
CPJ’s 2021 prison census found that the number of reporters jailed for their work hit a new global record of 293, up from a revised total of 280 in 2020. At least 24 journalists were killed because of their coverage so far this year; another 18 others died in murky circumstances.
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