Search: detention and violence in Africa, national level

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
3 September 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 (22 September 2025)
16 January 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
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)
18 September 2001	Eritrea: independent press closed and journalists jailed without trial	Eritrea (RSF rank: not recorded)	Detention and violence	Isaias Afwerki	Ongoing
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)
19 October 1977	South Africa bans The World and Weekend World newspapers and detains editor Percy Qoboza	South Africa (RSF 2026 rank: 21st of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Balthazar Johannes Vorster	Sustained (1 March 1978)
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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