In a disturbing incident highlighting the growing threats posed by artificial intelligence to media integrity, Ksenia Turkova, a journalist with VOA’s Russian Service, became the latest target of a deepfake video disseminated on Facebook.

Two journalists from Voice of America Studio 7, Annahstacia Ndlovu and Kudzanai Musengi, were denied access to cover the Zanu PF's annual conference in Gweru.

Azerbaijani news outlet Mikroskop unexpectedly shut down in what appears to be a ransomware attack.

Supporters of political party Zanu PF take Annahstacia Ndlovu’s phone and physically assault her for documenting street skirmishes in the run up to presidential elections on August 23, 2023.

Journalists Nargiz Absalamova and Nigar Mubariz were physically assaulted and detained by police.

Sagal Mustafe Hassan Nur, Naima Abdi Ahmed and eight other journalists were arrested in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region while covering a prison scuffle.

In a fresh wave of violations against press freedom, the Taliban government has hit international media outlets with broadcast bans.