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Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders announced Thursday the creation of "mirror" websites to allow RFI and France 24 to remain accessible online in Mali where the junta has banned the French broadcasters.

Just days after Mali’s media regulator announced that last month’s suspension of broadcasting by French public broadcasters Radio France Internationale (RFI) and France 24 was “definitive,” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) can announce that it has used its Operation Collateral Freedom mirror site creation methods to ensure that their website content can be accessed from within Mali.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to be backed by an information war, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announces that – together with its local partner, the Institute for Mass Information (IMI) – it will be launching the press freedom Center, in Lviv, western Ukraine, to provide vital assistance to journalists in danger.

Radio France Internationale (RFI) provides news and information in 15 languages, including Russian, by radio and on its website. This “Collateral Freedom” operation was possible thanks to the network of hackers and cyber-security engineers who help RSF to combat online censorship all over the world. Last month, the same network helped RSF restore access to the websites of

Little Black Book, New campaign by DDB Berlin uses numbers of the state-owned lotteries as access codes for independent journalism in Russia, Turkey and Brazil

The Lviv Press Freedom Centre aims to be a reception and distribution hub for protective equipment for journalists, particularly bulletproof vests and helmets. This physical and digital centre will also provide resources to journalists seeking financial or psychological assistance.

Expected to open within the next few days, the Lviv press freedom Center aims to be a reception and distribution hub for protective equipment for journalists, particularly bulletproof vests and helmets, which are currently in short supply. This physical and digital Center will also provide resources to journalists seeking financial or psychological assistance.