As global shocks reshape local economies, journalists are tasked with connecting distant events to everyday realities, navigating political pressure, limited information, and the need for nuance in a high-stakes election moment.

في ليبيا، لا تقتصر المعلومات المضللة على تشويه الواقع، بل تشارك فعليًا في تشكيل نتائجه السياسية فهي تصوغ التوقعات، وتؤثر في القرارات وقد تساهم في تعطيل المسارات السياسية نفسها. ليبيا لا تواجه التضليل كأثر جانبي للصراع فحسب فهو لم يعد يتمحور أساسًا حول الأرض أو السلطة فقط، بل حول الرواية ومن يملك حق صياغتها أيضًا.

Disinformation is not just present in Libya’s conflict. It is part of how the conflict works.

This World Press Freedom Day, we must reckon with how press freedom is being reshaped in practice.

Autrefois considéré comme relativement ouvert en Afrique de l’Ouest, le pays est désormais classé parmi les États où la presse est « non libre », ce qui souligne les restrictions sévères imposées aux journalistes et aux médias indépendants.

Once regarded as relatively open in West Africa, the country is now ranked among states where the press is “not free”, underscoring the severe restrictions imposed on journalists and independent media.

Beyond legal protections, structural pressures are redefining how journalism operates—and what it can afford to say.

Armenian Radio is asked: which is worse, chronic alcoholism or chronic lying?
Armenian Radio answers: chronic president

Sam Moseti: “At Africa Media Festival 2026, I gave an ‘Ignite talk’ arguing that AI transparency matters for media freedom. I built my case with 5 accretive points contributing to the through line that AI opacity limits the capacity of media to interrogate AI power & systems, and increases vulnerability to delegitimisation.”