Below is a list of countries we have profiled detailing Government influence on the media. Each country will display the type of Government, who is in charge, how much the Government controls the media and the political orientation of the country’s government. This is important as the political Orientation of the Government may dictate the bias of media in that country. This is a work in progress with the goal of profiling all 180 countries on the RSF list. Check out our world political bias map.
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Bahrain
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo-Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)
Congo-Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini (Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Honduras
Kiribati
Kosovo
Laos
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Myanmar (Higher priority — Controlled by junta)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Niger
North Macedonia
Northern Cyprus (Breakaway area of Cyprus only recognized by Turkey)
Oman
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Qatar
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Tanzania
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Western Sahara (Rated with Morocco by RSF)
Yemen
Zambia
Last Updated on March 24, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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