Is Russia Immune to Media Scrutiny in Africa? By Oumarou Sanou

Promptnewsonline | 15-02-2026 11:33pm |

A dangerous precedent is emerging across Africa’s diplomatic and media landscape: the public targeting of individual journalists by foreign missions for simply asking difficult questions. The recent pattern of responses from the Russian Embassy in Nigeria toward African journalists and media platforms raises deeper concerns, not only about geopolitics but also about press freedom, sovereignty,

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