The hosting of the global UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day event in Accra, Ghana on 2–3 May, did very little to stay authorities on the continent, who maintained their hard stance against journalists with reports of numerous media violations reported across the continent in April.
Source: MEDIA FEED
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