According to the RSF, among journalists killed in 2020, 45 were professional reporters, one deemed non-professional and four were media workers.
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Of those killed, the organisation said, 35 died in regions where armed conflict is ongoing while 30 were killed outside of such areas.
The Paris-based group said on Friday that it was dismayed by the ban and called on authorities to “provide an explanation and to restore access to all blocked sites without delay”.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday to mark the World Press Freedom Day 2017, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described as inaccurate the recent survey by Reporters Without Borders, which alleged that Nigeria’s press freedom rating has been on sustained decline since 2015
According to RSF, Europe still ranks highest on the index of press freedom worldwide, while Africa unseated the Americas in second place for the first time
Delphine Halgand, the Director of Operations in the US, said every year, the Paris, France-based organisation surveys 180 countries to compile a world press freedom ranking