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Incidents in Africa, outcome reversed

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.

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
5 July 2020	Morocco: investigative journalist Omar Radi's phone is infected with Pegasus spyware and he is later detained	Morocco (RSF rank: not recorded)	Surveillance and subpoenas	Saadeddine Othmani	Reversed (1 July 2024)
29 December 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 (23 September 2015)
12 September 2003	Zimbabwe: police close the Daily News under the media registration law	Zimbabwe (RSF 2026 rank: 124th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Robert Mugabe	Reversed (27 May 2010)
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 (15 June 1998)
2 November 1985	South Africa bans television and photographic coverage of unrest under a state of emergency	South Africa (RSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	P. W. Botha	Reversed (1 June 1990)
17 July 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 (31 July 1991)

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