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Sub-Saharan Africa · January, 2021

Stories about Sub-Saharan Africa from January, 2021

A social media blackout persists in Uganda, weeks after the election

The internet was partly restored on Monday, 18th January 2021.

Written by James Propa

30 January 2021

In Tanzania, full-throttle COVID-19 denial leaves citizens without access to public health information

Tanzania has gone silent on COVID-19 since declaring itself 'coronavirus-free'

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

26 January 2021

A Zimbabwean journalist, two opposition politicians jailed for tweets about police brutality

'Impunity continues to prevail on human rights violations in Zimbabwe'

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

25 January 2021

COVID-19, digital rights and Nigeria's emerging surveillance state

The real impact of COVID-19 goes beyond the death toll

Written by Boye Adegoke

19 January 2021

In Mozambique, a tug of war between public health and digital rights during the pandemic

A surge of new public health apps pose privacy concerns

Written by Dércio Tsandzana

19 January 2021

Kenya must implement data protection law before 2022 presidential election

It's a race against time to avoid Cambridge Analytica-style interference

Written by Njeri Wangari

16 January 2021

Lockdown to shutdown: How COVID-19 stifled digital rights in Zimbabwe

Pandemic regulations intensified clamp downs on dissenting voices

Written by Kudzai Chimhangwa

12 January 2021

Namibia's COVID-19 internet rollout impresses, but excludes and widens control

For those left switched off, that’s the real shutdown

Written by Ray Mwareya

12 January 2021

In Uganda, COVID-19 rules are ‘perfect instrument for criminalizing dissent’

Journalists, human rights activists and dissenting voices are targeted

Written by Sandra Aceng

12 January 2021

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Sub-Saharan Africa · January, 2021

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