Africa: Kenya-African Journalist Leaders Demonstrate Strong Commitment to Take Concrete Actions Against Gbvh in Newsrooms and the Field of Work

The continental seminar, held from 15-16 December 2025, brought together 16 female union leaders from the five regions of Africa as well as the members of the FAJ Gender Council to… Read more »

Africa: FAJ Calls for Urgent Protection Amidst Growing Threats Confronting African Journalists

FAJ and its affiliated journalist unions and associations continue to document intimidation, arbitrary detention, online harassment, censorship and physical attacks against… Read more »

Africa: 111 Journalists Killed This Year, According to the IFJ

Since 1990 and the launch of its annual Killed list, the IFJ has recorded 3,156 deaths worldwide, an average of 91 deaths per year, and 859 in the last ten years Read more »

Africa: Journalists Must Not Be a Target

Since the beginning of 2025, at least six journalists and media workers have been killed in relation to their work in Sudan, according to IFJ data. The RSF paramilitary group has… Read more »

Africa: Stop the Digital War On Women Journalists: FAJ Urges Action to End Impunity in Africa

The 2025 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) theme, "Chat GBV: Raising Awareness on AI-facilitated Gender-Based Violence against Women… Read more »

Africa: Nine Reporters Suspended By Media Authority

According to local media reports, the EMA sent a letter to Germany's international broadcaster on 23 October, claiming that the broadcaster and its local correspondents had… Read more »

Africa: Junta Must Stop Arbitrarily Detaining Journalists

On 14 October, Zawenmanogo Dieudonné Zoungrana, publishing director of Aujourd'hui Au Faso newspaper, was detained at his home by members of the National Intelligence… Read more »

Africa: African Journalists Condemn the Heightened and Relentless Deadly Attacks On Journalists in Gaza

We mourn our fallen colleagues, we recognise the trauma carried by victim journalists and we send our heartfelt solidarity to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), whose… Read more »

Africa: Climate Security Moves Up Africa's Agenda With Journalism in Front

Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, opened the high-level dialogue and underlined the urgency of acting now. "Africa is at the… Read more »

Africa: Media Regulator Suspends Radio Station for Three Months for Calling Military Govt a Junta

According to media reports, the CSC's decision followed the publication of a post on Radio Omega's Facebook page on 30 July, "which was deemed to contain malicious and discourteous… Read more »

Africa: Ivory Coast - IFJ Demands Immediate Release of Exiled Journalist Extradited to Benin

Journalist Hugues Comlan Sossoukpe, who has refugee status and is a vocal critic of the Beninese government, has been in exile in Togo since 2019. According to local media reports,… Read more »

Africa: IFJ Voice / July 2025 - Informing the Public, a Task More Necessary Than Ever

One thing concerns us in particular: the growing trust placed by some of the public in "influencers", such as the podcaster Joe Rogan in the United States. These influencers now… Read more »

Africa: Regulatory Agency Backs Down On Directive Undermining Media Freedom, After Widespread Condemnation

On 25 June, the CA issued a directive ordering television and radio stations to stop the live broadcasting of anti-government protests, citing "national security and public order… Read more »

Africa: NUSOJ Publishes Its Annual State of the Media Report

This year's report highlights an alarming scale of media freedom violations across various regions. These include incidents where journalists or media houses are attacked and… Read more »

Africa: FAJ Decries Rising Exploitation of Journalists Across Africa

Journalists in many African countries continue to operate in precarious and unpleasant circumstances. They are regularly underpaid, refused contracts, denied social rights and… Read more »

Africa: IFJ Calls for 'Gender-Equal Media for a Gender-Equal Future'

The Federation deplores the growing hostility to gender equality and women's rights, with far-right movements threatening decades of progress. The organisation urges media… Read more »

Africa: African Journalists Condemn Ongoing Victimisation and Repression of Journalistic Rights and Press Freedom

Jemima Beukes, who currently serves as Secretary General of the Federation of Southern African Journalists (FeSAJ) and Acting Secretary General of the Namibia Media Professionals… Read more »