November 29

• Burundi: Radio Reporter Convicted of Terrorism Marks a Year Behind Bars

  A year after the arrest of the radio journalist Hassan Ruvakuki on 28 November 2011, Reporters Without Borders launches a new appeal for his release. Read more »

November 24

• Cote d'Ivoire: Reporters Without Borders and Congolese Partner Call for Release of Three Journalists

  To mark International Day to End Impunity, Reporters Without Borders' partner organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo, JED, has published a statement drawing attention to... Read more »

November 23

• Chad: Media Law Revision Would Sound Death Knell for Independent Press [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders believes a proposed revision of Chad's media law, which has been under discussion in N'Djamena since last month, could mean the death of the independent... Read more »

• Somalia: Journalists are the Constant Targets of Threats, Attacks - Report [press release]

  On the eve of International Day to End Impunity, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), yesterday released a report about violence against Somali media personnel since... Read more »

November 22

• Congo-Kinshasa: Concern About M23's News Control After Goma Takeover

  Reporters Without Borders (RWB) and Journalist in Danger (JED) are deeply worried by the measures that the M23 rebel movement took with the news media after seizing Goma, the... Read more »

November 21

• Djibouti: Journalist Freed Conditionally After Being Held More Than Three Months

  Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that the journalist Houssein Ahmed Farah was finally released on 18 November after being held without trial for more than three... Read more »

November 16

• Gambia: Thugs Threaten to Kill Journalist, What Are Authorities Doing? [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by an increase in threats and intimidation attempts against freelance journalist Abubacarr Saidykhan, who - along with Daily News... Read more »

November 15

• Burundi: Journalist Finally Allowed to Testify, Court Urged to Quash Conviction

  Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that radio reporter Hassan Ruvakuki was finally allowed to testify yesterday to the court in the central city of Gitega that is... Read more »

• Eritrea: Complaint Filed in Paris About Jamming of Radio Erena

  Reporters Without Borders filed a complaint with the public prosecutor in Paris on 6 November accusing persons unknown of acts of piracy against Radio Erena, an Eritrean exile... Read more »

September 11

• Ethiopia: Reporters Without Borders Hails Swedish Journalists' Release

  The Ethiopian government has released reporter Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson, who spent 14 months in prison on convictions for their professional activities. Read more »

September 7

• Eritrea: RWB-Backed Satellite Radio Station Sabotaged Again

  Radio Erena, a Paris-based satellite radio station that broadcasts to Eritreans in Eritrea and to the Eritrean diaspora, is again the target of a pirate transmission from within... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: 'When a Minister Disagrees, He Comes and Closes Your Radio Station' - Freddy Mulongo

  A staunch defender of media pluralism and freedom of expression, radio Réveil FM director Freddy Mulongo was forced to go underground in 2006 and stayed in hiding until he... Read more »

September 5

• Tanzania: TV Journalist Killed As Police Disperse Demonstration

  Reporters Without Borders is saddened to learn that Channel Ten TV journalist Daudi Mwangosi was killed during clashes between protesters and police while he was covering a... Read more »

September 4

• Eritrea: 'Pirates' Jam Radio Station

  Radio Erena (Our Eritrea), a Paris-based radio station that broadcasts to Eritrea, one of the world's most closed countries, and to the Eritrean diaspora, has been the victim of... Read more »

August 31

• Tunisia: State Media Appointments Discussed At Meeting With Government

  Reporters Without Borders had a meeting at the prime minister's office in the Kasbah with government spokesman Ridha Kazdaghli, and Jamel Tahar and Nejmeddine Hamrouni, political... Read more »

August 28

• Tunisia: Over-Eager Court Violates Procedure to Order TV Chief's Detention [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by the procedural violations that occurred when a Tunis criminal court last week ordered the detention of Sami Fehri, the head of the new... Read more »

August 24

• Egypt: Newspaper Editor Detained, Muslim Brotherhood Take Control of State Media

  Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the restrictions on media freedom resulting from recent decisions by Egypt's newly-elected authorities. Read more »

• Morocco: AFP Correspondent Attacked By Police While Covering Protest

  Reporters Without Borders condemns an attack by police officers on Agence France-Presse correspondent Omar Brouksy as he was covering a demonstration by various groups and NGOs... Read more »

• Cote d'Ivoire: Armed Men Ransack, Set Fire to Opposition Newspaper Company

  Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns last weekend's attack on the headquarters of Cyclone, a company that publishes the opposition dailies Le Temps and Lg Infos and the... Read more »

August 14

• Djibouti: Two Ministers Sent Letter After Journalist's Transfer to Prison

  Reporters Without Borders wrote to two government ministers today to protest at the way the authorities have been treating Houssein Ahmed Farah, the correspondent of the news... Read more »

• South Africa: Zimbabwean Journalist Found Hanged in Johannesburg Home

  The South African police are investigating the death of Zimbabwean writer and journalist Heidi Holland, whose body was found hanged in the garden of her home in the Johannesburg... Read more »

August 13

• Somalia: Young Freelancer Shot Dead in Mogadishu After Returning From Exile

  Reporters Without Borders is dismayed to learn that Mohamud Ali Keyre, a journalist also known as "Buneyste", was killed by a gunshot yesterday evening in Mogadishu. He was the... Read more »

August 10

• Rwanda: Rwandan Refugee Journalist in France Accused of High Treason [press release]

  For eight years, Rwandan journalist Lucie Umukundwa was a stringer for Voice of America and other foreign news media that are widely heard in the Great Lakes region. She was also... Read more »

August 9

• Djibouti: Police Arrest News Website Reporter

  Reporters Without Borders has learned that Houssein Ahmed Farah, a reporter for the opposition news website La Voix de Djibouti, was arrested at around 11 a.m. today in the... Read more »

August 8

• Mali: Confrontation in Northern City Between Jihadists and Last Journalists

  Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns the beating that radio presenter Abdoul Malick Ali Maïga received from jihadists in the northern city of Gao on 5 August after... Read more »