Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Force in Play

Controls Darfur and parts of Kordofan

Two of every five Sudanese now lack enough food. Three UN agencies said on May 15 that 19.5 million people across Sudan face crisis-level hunger after three years of war between the national army and a paramilitary force.

Updated 2 hours ago

Force in Play

Filed war crimes complaints with ICC

More journalists have been killed covering the Gaza war than in any armed conflict in modern history. Since October 2023, Israeli strikes have killed over 260 Palestinian journalists—more than the combined journalist death toll from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. On January 21, 2026, three more were killed in a strike on their vehicle while documenting aid distribution for an Egyptian relief organization, despite an ongoing ceasefire and clear humanitarian markings. The Committee to Protect Journalists has determined that at least 64 were directly targeted.

Updated Jan 25

Rule Changes

Monitoring Philippine press freedom; conducted investigation into Cumpio case

Frenchie Mae Cumpio was 20 years old when police kicked down her door at 2 a.m. and claimed to find a grenade on her bed. Six years later, she remains in prison—now convicted of terrorism financing and facing up to 18 more years. The regional court acquitted her of the weapons charges that justified her original arrest but found her guilty of funneling money to communist insurgents, based largely on testimony from witnesses who gave contradictory statements about meeting a nine-year-old terrorist financier.

Updated Jan 23