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Monday 20 May

Togo opposition supporters protest in Lome in November 2011 to demand the return of nine parliamentarians removed from their seats in the country, which has been ruled by the same family for more than four decades. A US-based media rights group has condemned an attack on a local journalist covering a protest in Togo and urged the authorities to punish the perpetrators.

Bulletin: Media rights group slams attack on Togo journalist

Bulletin: Media rights group slams attack on Togo journalist

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A South African newspaper cartoon depicting President Jacob Zuma, pictured here on July 4, as a penis drew condemnation Friday from the ruling ANC just weeks after furore over a painting which exposed his genitals.

Bulletin: New Zuma penis cartoon triggers outrage in S. Africa

Bulletin: New Zuma penis cartoon triggers outrage in S. Africa

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Kamel Labidi (right), who heads the National Body for the Reform of Information and Communication, speaks with journalists in Tunis. The independent Tunisian authority charged with reforming the media announced that it had shut down after failing to achieve its objective, accusing the Islamist-dominated government of censorship.

Bulletin: Tunisia media authority shuts down, citing censorship

Bulletin: Tunisia media authority shuts down, citing censorship

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The Citizen newspaper, an English language daily, comes out off the printing press at their offices in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba in 2011. Press freedom in the world's newest nation South Sudan risks becoming as restricted as it is in arch-rival Sudan, from whom the South split last year after years of repression, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday.

Bulletin: South Sudan's press freedom at risk: rights group

Bulletin: South Sudan's press freedom at risk: rights group

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Swedish journalist Johan Persson on assignment in January 2010. Two Swedish journalists in Ethiopia jailed on terrorism charges say they are being detained unnecessarily, one year into their 11-year sentence, Swedish diplomats said Monday.

Bulletin: Journalists in Ethiopia jail say held 'unnecessarily'

Bulletin: Journalists in Ethiopia jail say held 'unnecessarily'

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Armed security agents on Friday raided the AFP bureau in Khartoum and arrested a part-time correspondent who had taken pictures of an anti-regime protest.

Bulletin: AFP Sudan office raided; journalist held

Bulletin: AFP Sudan office raided; journalist held

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A journalist for a private Burundi radio station was beaten up overnight by members of the ruling party's youth wing militia, the head of the station told AFP Wednesday.

Bulletin: Reporter beaten up by ruling party militia: Burundi radio

Bulletin: Reporter beaten up by ruling party militia: Burundi radio

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Addis Ababa, seen in 2007. Twenty-four Ethiopians, including a leading opposition figure and a prominent journalist, faced life in prison Wednesday after a court found them guilty on charges of terrorism.

Bulletin: Ethiopia court finds 24 guilty of terrorism

Bulletin: Ethiopia court finds 24 guilty of terrorism

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Officials start counting the votes in Algiers on May 10, 2012 in the country's first polls since the Arab Spring. An Algerian court on Wednesday slapped an eight-month suspended prison sentence and a 1,000-euro ($1,250) fine on a blogger who had called for a boycott of the legislative election.

Bulletin: Suspended jail term for Algeria poll-boycott blogger

Bulletin: Suspended jail term for Algeria poll-boycott blogger

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Smoke rises from burning tyres during protests in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on June 22. A crackdown on protestors will not solve Sudan's political and economic crises, a US official said, condemning the assault and detention of protestors.

Bulletin: US condemns Sudan crackdown on protests

Bulletin: US condemns Sudan crackdown on protests

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