Incidents: detention and violence in Africa, national level

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

5 incidents match this view.

Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
September 3, 2025	Ethiopia arrests at least six journalists including Sheger FM staff over election-year coverage	Ethiopia (RSF 2026 rank: 148th of 180)	Detention and violence	Abiy Ahmed	Ongoing (September 22, 2025)
January 16, 2025	Tunisia's cybercrime decree pushes jailed-journalist count to highest since 1992	Tunisia (RSF 2026 rank: 137th of 180)	Insult and defamation laws	Kais Saied	Sustained
December 29, 2013	Egypt arrests and later convicts three Al Jazeera journalists on terrorism-related charges	Egypt (RSF 2026 rank: 169th of 180)	Detention and violence	Adly Mansour	Reversed (September 23, 2015)
July 1995	Nigeria's military government convicts journalists by special tribunal over coup-plot reporting	Nigeria (RSF 2026 rank: 112th of 180)	Detention and violence	Sani Abacha	Reversed (June 15, 1998)
March 17, 1950	South Africa's Suppression of Communism Act lets the government ban publications and restrict individuals	South Africa (RSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180)	Prior restraint	Daniel François Malan	Reversed (February 2, 1990)

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