Summary: African Media Matter talks to Alex Bell of SW Radio about the Zimbabwean government’s latest efforts to silence independent journalists and asks Henry Maina, the East African director of the freedom of expression group Article 19, whether Rwanda is serious about plans to relax restrictions on press reporting. We find out from Nesrine Malik, a Sudanese-born journalist and commentator, why Sudan’s social media struggled to rally protests against the government and hear from the UN spokesman in Ivory Coast. Hamadoun Toure, about the state broadcaster’s intimidation of peacekeepers. And we discuss the media coverage of violence against women with Sikhonzile Ndlovu of the NGO Gender Links.
