Marking World Press Freedom Day amid new wave of media repression in Africa - News24

This year's Press Freedom Day - on 3 May - is celebrated at a time when journalists operating in Ethiopia are experiencing some of the harshest working conditions to ever emerge in Africa.

• Ethiopian journalists face the death penalty for being critical of the government.
• Mali is being blamed for the expelling of journalists.
• In Zimbabwe, Angola and Somalia, "dis… [+3630 chars]
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