Cape Verde and Angola are the Portuguese-speaking countries that have fallen in position in the press freedom index of the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), released this Wednesday.
In this 21st edition of the ‘ranking’, Portugal no longer belongs to the countries with a very good situation in terms of press freedom, falling from 7th place in the 2022 index to 9th place in 2023.
Among the other countries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), Cape Verde maintains the decrease registered in 2022, which places it in 36th place, now in 33rd.
Angola also falls in this ‘ranking’, which loses 26 positions, occupying position 125.
Conversely, Timor-Leste moved up seven positions and now ranks tenth, just after Portugal.
Guinea-Bissau also rose, in this case to position 78 (14 more), and Brazil to 92 (14 more).
Mozambique, which in 2022 was ranked 116, rises four places (102) and Equatorial Guinea registers the largest increase in Portuguese-speaking, rising 21 positions, although it remains at 120.
According to the note accompanying the 21st edition of RSF’s Press Freedom Index, some of the biggest drops occurred in Africa, such as Senegal (it fell 31 places to 104th place), mainly “due to criminal charges against two journalists.” . – Pape Alé Niang and Pape Ndiaye, and the sharp decrease in the security of media staff.”
In the Maghreb, Tunisia (121) fell 27 places, “due to the growing authoritarianism of President Kais Saied and President Kais Saied’s inability to tolerate media criticism.”
Source: TSF
