Comoros: In Comoros, Journalist Arrested for Report On Jailed Ex-President's Health

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Comorian authorities to release journalist Toufé Maecha who was arrested on Monday at his home in the capital, Moroni, over his… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Journalists Harassed At Hearings to Extend President's Term

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zimbabwean authorities to urgently investigate the harassment and violence against journalists covering March 31 public hearings in… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Suspends Jambo TV for Querying Inquiry Into Post-Election Killings

The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Tanzanian authorities to immediately lift the 90-day suspension imposed on Jambo TV over its YouTube and Instagram posts and allow the… Read more »

Mali: Malian Journalist Given 2-Year Prison Sentence for Insulting Niger's President

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malian authorities to release journalist Youssouf Sissoko, who was sentenced on Monday to two years in prison and a fine of 1 million… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon Police Probe Journalists Investigating Secret U.S. Migrant Deportations, Seize Equipment

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian police to drop a criminal trespass investigation into four journalists who were detained for five hours and had their… Read more »

Uganda: Journalists Assaulted, Internet Shutdown Ahead of Uganda Elections

Ugandan journalist Ssematimba Bwegiire lost consciousness immediately after a security officer electrocuted him with a stun gun and pepper-sprayed him in the mouth. But he did not… Read more »

Cameroon: Post-Election Cameroon - 'The Regime Considers the Press to Be Its Last Enemy'

In his campaign to win an eighth term, Cameroonian President Paul Biya pledged to "strengthen measures to protect freedom of expression and journalists" in one of Africa's most… Read more »

Tanzania: 'We Cannot Publish' - Fear Silences Tanzanian Journalists Over Election Killings, Arrests

After a vain search of local hospitals and mortuaries, the family of journalist Maneno Selanyika concluded their mourning rites on November 8 with prayer, but without a body. He… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities Detain Another Journalist for Cybercrimes Over Governance Reports

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to release journalist Friday James Alefia, who has been in detention since September on cybercrime charges, for… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Journalist Michael Tenende Threatened By Mayor Over Governance Coverage

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the safety of Michael Tenende, who was threatened with arrest by a mayor… Read more »

Tunisia: CPJ Calls On Tunisian Authorities to End Harassment of Jailed Commentator Sonia Dahmani

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release political commentator Sonia Dahmani, ensure she receives urgent… Read more »

Egypt: CPJ, Partners Condemn Arrest of Exiled Egyptian Podcast Host Seif Al-Islam Eid's Father

In a joint statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists and 18 human rights and press freedom organizations called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release the father of… Read more »

Angola: CPJ, Partners Urge Angola to Amend Draft Law On False Information

The Committee to Protect Journalists and 37 other media and human rights groups have written to the Angolan Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies, and Media,… Read more »

South Africa: Top South African Cop Calls for Spy Probe Into Media, Jailing of Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's doubling down on his call for lawmakers to endorse the… Read more »

Tanzania: Govt Suspends Popular News Forum JamiiForums as Election Nears

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tanzanian authorities to lift a 90-day suspension of the popular discussion and news platform JamiiForums and to ensure that media can… Read more »

Mozambique: MissingNotForgotten - CPJ, Misa Mozambique Call for Investigation Into 2 Journalist Disappearances

Ahead of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Mozambican chapter of the Media Institute of… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Journalist Abducted By Masked Men - 2 Others Detained

The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by the abduction of Ethiopian newspaper editor Yonas Amare, the arbitrary detention of journalist Khadar Mohamed Ismael, and… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau Shuts Down Two Portuguese Media Outlets, Expels Their Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Guinea-Bissau to rescind an August 15, 2025, order effectively suspending the work of the Portuguese state-owned news… Read more »

Egypt: Egypt's Intelligence-Controlled Media Company Retaliates Against Programs, Hosts Critical of Government

A media company linked to Egyptian authorities suspended three prominent television programs after their hosts criticized the government and road safety failures, raising concerns… Read more »

Malawi: CPJ Welcomes Defamation Decriminalization in Malawi

The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Malawi Constitutional Court's landmark July 16 ruling striking down section 200 of the penal code criminalizing defamation. Read more »

Senegal: Senegalese Commentator Arrested, Prime Minister Calls for Media Boycott

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to release news commentator Badara Gadiaga, to cease arresting journalists, and to refrain from retaliating… Read more »

Senegal: Senegalese Commentator Detained Under 'False News' Claims

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to immediately release news commentator Bachir Fofana after a judge ordered on July 2 that Fofana remain in… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Authorities Arrest Newspaper Editor On Charges of Insulting the President

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zimbabwean authorities to release newspaper editor Faith Zaba, who was arrested on July 1. She is facing charges of "undermining or… Read more »

Togo: France 24 and RFI Broadcasters Suspended in Togo for 3 Months

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Togolese authorities to rescind a three-month broadcasting ban on France 24 television network and Radio France Internationale (RFI)… Read more »