Sub-Saharan Africa · January, 2019
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Netizen Report: Zimbabwe’s internet goes dark amid protests, nationwide strike
The update from Zimbabwe, plus: China fines VPN users, Cuba is censoring SMS messages and Iranian officials plan to block Instagram.
Is the Nigerian government gagging the judiciary ahead of presidential elections in February?
"Under Buhari, the press has been silenced. The labour and trade unions, silenced. The civil society organisations, silenced. Public intellectuals, silenced. The judiciary, silenced."
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About our Sub-Saharan Africa coverage
Nwachukwu Egbunike is the Sub-Saharan Co-Editor. Email him story ideas or volunteer to write.
Njeri Wangari is the Sub-Saharan Africa Co-editor. Email her story ideas or volunteer to write.
Dércio Tsandzana is the Lusophone (Portuguese) editor. Email him story ideas or volunteer to write.