MISA-Malawi’s 2025 review finds legal and electoral gains for the media were eclipsed by ongoing violence, political intimidation and weak protection of journalists.

The ban on "Jeune Afrique" marks an accelerating crackdown on independent media under Mali's military authorities.

A Ghanaian court decision penalising a journalist for seeking comment on alleged wrongdoing raises fresh alarms about how privacy law is being used to silence watchdog reporting.

This incident comes just months after several raids of wellness centres in November 2025, and the most recent raid on a hotel at Malacca on 13 January, for allegedly being ‘gay friendly’.