Africa: RSF 2025 Press Freedom Rankings - Guinea Leads in West Africa's Sharp Decline

Africa: RSF 2025 Press Freedom Rankings - Guinea Leads in West Africa's Sharp Decline

West Africa is facing a sharp erosion of press freedom, according to the 2025 global rankings by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The RSF report, released in early May, also reflected a worsening global trend, downgrading the state of press freedom worldwide from "problematic" to "difficult."

In Tunisia, the Jasmine Revolution seems to be over, as judicial repression is ubiquitous, accompanied by political pressure and an economic suffocation that strikes the independent media in full swing. In its last report released this week, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces an alarming authoritarian drive under the Kais Said regime, while the country falls to 129th place in the World Press Freedom Index. Tunisia loses 11 places in RSF's…