No improvement in media freedom is expected in 2024 unless necessary pressure is applied to the Egyptian regime or policies toward it are changed.

Egypt’s security services control the country’s traditional media outlets, including TV channels, newspapers, and artistic productions,…

Much of the news from the war on Gaza has come from local journalists, and their…


Independent journalism, open-source investigative work, and fact-checking are critical in any free society.

Across the Maghreb region of North Africa, in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, governments have escalated restrictions…