Today is World Hunger Day. With all eyes fixed on Covid-19, another devastating pandemic has been brewing: southern Africa is in the vortex of a hunger and food insecurity crisis of record proportions, owing to a lethal combination of natural and man-made factors with the added impact of the vi.
Covid-19 and the escalating assault on press freedom across Southern Africa
By Tatenda Mazarura• 25 May 2021
With the world’s attention focused on combating Covid-19 governments in Southern Africa have taken advantage of the health crisis to escalate censorship, overlook or allow ill treatment of journalists and impose restrictions to silence free speech.
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With the world’s attention focused on combating Covid-19 governments in southern Africa have taken advantage of the health crisis to escalate censorship, overlook or allow ill-treatment of journalists and impose restrictions to silence free speech. Journalists across southern Africa have been intimidated, threatened, fined, jailed, assaulted and even killed for doing their job.