March 29
Nigeria: Nigeria - Firstnews Editor Released After Two Weeks in Military Custody
According to local news reports, armed men arrived at Olatunji's residence a few minutes past 6:00 pm and forcefully took him away without any explanation. The journalists' wife,… Read more »
February 07
Senegal: Crackdown On Media After Election Delay
According to a statement issued by SYNPICS, 'this iniquitous decision is an unprecedented violation of press freedom' and an attack on the right to work of the employees of… Read more »
January 22
Guinea: Journalists Raided and Arrested By Security Forces
"Authorities have imposed restrictions on non-official media, with social media networks and private radio stations cut off, news websites interrupted or suspended and journalists… Read more »
September 26, 2023
Gambia: Journalist Charged With 'Interference With Witness'
According to a press release issued by the GPU, Mankajang's whereabouts were unknown until the journalist' relatives confirmed visiting him in a police cell in the town of… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Senegal: Senegal - Walf TV Broadcast Programmes Suspended for 30 Days
The broadcast programmes of Walf TV, a privately owned television station have been suspended for 30 days following the cutting off of the signal of the television station on 1… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Africa: GJA Wins Bid to Host Third African Media Convention in Accra
The successful bid of the GJA to host the next Convention was announced during the Second Africa Media Convention which was held in Lusaka, Zambia from 11 - 13 May 2023. Read more »
May 10, 2023
Cameroon: Journalist Shot Dead
The 26 year-old worked as Regional Bureau Chief of weekly newspaper, The Advocate. He was a sports journalist with the Kick442 website and reported for the radio station Dream FM. Read more »
April 03, 2023
Burkina Faso: Two French Journalists Expelled Amid Crackdown On Foreign Media
Correspondents Sophie Douce and Agnès Faivre left the capital, Ouagadougou, on 1 April, and arrived in Paris the next day, after being notified of their expulsion by the… Read more »