Somalia: Somalia - Seventy-Two Press Freedom Violations Documented in 2025

The report documents 69 attacks on journalists and two attacks on media outlets, as well as the killing of journalist Mohammed Abukar Mohammed on 18 March 2025. This represents a… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda - Journalist Abducted and Detained By Security Agents

According to media reports, journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose was abducted by " unidentified plain-clothed men" after coming out from a radio talk show on the Constitutional Court's… Read more »

Uganda: Journalist Abducted and Detained By Security Agents

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns this act of intimidation and violence orchestrated to intimidate journalists and suppress media freedom and freedom of… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia - Journalist Shot Dead in Kismayo

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in condemning this brutal killing and calling for an urgent… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya - African Journalists Forge Shared Continental Priorities for Just Transition and Information Integrity

Organised from December 18 to 20, 2025, the workshop opened with an in-depth examination of just transition in the African context. Participants analysed how climate change is… Read more »

Tanzania: Journalist Killed While Covering Post-Election Demonstrations

Following the general election in Tanzania in October 2025, in which incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan was re-elected with 97.66% of the vote, large-scale demonstrations… Read more »

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 »

Somalia: New Report Shows Increase of Online and Offline Violence Against Women Journalists

The NUSOJ has documented 79 cases of sexual and gender-based violence against women journalists in Somalia between 2023 and 2025. 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: 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 »

Sudan: Journalist Killed By Paramilitary Group in El Fasher

Suleiman's home in the Al-Daraja Al-Ula neighbourhood of El Fasher was hit by a drone strike carried out by the RSF on 3 October, Al Jazeera reported. The journalist, who was… Read more »

Kenya: Journalist Abducted and Brutally Assaulted Over Investigative Report

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ), in condemning this act of brutality against a journalist who was simply… 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: 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 »

Ethiopia: Journalist Released After Six Days in Custody

According to a statement issued by Hak Media and Communication, which publishes the Ethiopian Insider, journalist Waldyes "was taken into custody by plainclothes officers at the… Read more »

Kenya: Four Journalists Assaulted By Police and Robbed During National Day Celebrations

TV producers Steve Okedi of the Kenya Television Network (KTN), Marble Achieng of Nation Television (NTV), George Odiwuor, also of NTV, and journalist Ephantus Maina of Royal Media… 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 »

Eritrea: Journalists Call on Afewerki to Release Detainees

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined its African group, the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) to mark World Press Freedom Day by sending a letter to… Read more »