Index reports on the government’s increasing brutality towards protesters and human rights activists
Violent repression and torture in Zimbabwe on eve of major development conference
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CATEGORY: Africa
Russia, disinformation and two Olympic boxers
Female boxer Imane Khelif is guaranteed a silver or gold today at the Paris Olympics but her achievement has been marred by false claims that she is transgender
Kenya: Young reporters and NGOs targeted as part of clampdown on Gen Z protests
Our reporter talks to a young journalist and the director of a young people’s organisation who have been threatened and censored for their work
Rwanda polls: The Kagame “landslide” that would embarrass other dictators
A lack of meaningful opposition is behind the incumbent president’s re-election
South Africa votes amid corruption and rampant abuse of power
Thirty years on from the dismantling of apartheid, the country’s electorate are still waiting for real change
Contents – The long reach: How authoritarian countries are silencing critics abroad
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New magazine Atar fills information void in Sudan
As a brutal war rages in Sudan a new publication fights to share stories which would otherwise be lost
Burkina Faso has chosen the tool of the tyrant
A report into the death of 223 civilians in the African state has led to a clampdown on the media
Why we cannot afford to look away
We are at risk of disaster fatigue around the war in Ukraine as new atrocities crowd the story out of the news
When the old fox walks the tightrope
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is a poisoned chalice – and not just for the nation’s LGBTQ+ community. Our East Africa contributing editor discusses the Act with Stella Nyanzi
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.