July 16
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Columnist Alain Traoré Taken By Armed Men in Masks
Burkinabe authorities should immediately and comprehensively investigate the disappearance of columnist Alain Traoré after armed men in masks claiming to be agents of the… Read more »
July 09
Tunisia: Tunisian Commentator Sonia Dahmani Sentenced to 1 Year
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a Tunisian court's sentencing of lawyer and political commentator Sonia Dahmani to one year in prison on Saturday and calls for… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Police Arrest, Detain, Assault Journalist Gabriel Idibia While in Custody
On June 11, police officers in Kaduna, the capital city of Nigeria's northern Kaduna State, arrested Gabriel Idibia, a correspondent and freelancer with the privately owned Daily… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Court Acquits Publisher Agba Jalingo of Cybercrime Charges
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Monday's court decision in Nigeria acquitting Agba Jalingo, publisher of the privately owned CrossRiverWatch, of cybercrime charges. Read more »
July 08
Kenya: Kenya Court Rules Police Unlawfully Killed Pakistani Journalist Arshad Sharif
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes a Kenyan court's Monday ruling that Kenyan authorities violated Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif's right to life and that his death… Read more »
July 03
Burkina Faso: Three Journalists Disappear, 3 Media Outlets Suspended in Burkina Faso
The Burkinabe authorities must do everything possible to find and ensure the safety of missing journalists Serge Atiana Oulon, Kalifara Séré, and Adama Bayala, and… Read more »
June 27
Mali: Malian Journalist Yeri Bocoum Missing After Covering Banned Protest
Malian authorities should urgently investigate the disappearance of journalist Yeri Bocoum and account for his whereabouts, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Read more »
June 25
Kenya: CPJ Calls On Kenyan Authorities to Respect Press Freedom Amid Ongoing Protests
Kenyan authorities must investigate reports of several journalists attacked while covering protests, desist from intimidating the media, and ensure reliable and secure access to… Read more »
June 20
Niger: Niger Reinstates Prison Sentences for Journalists for Defamation, Insult
Nigerien authorities must decriminalize defamation and ensure that the country's cybercrime law does not unduly restrict the work of the media, the Committee to Protect Journalists… Read more »
June 18
Egypt: Fleeing Prolonged Media Crackdown, Ethiopian Journalists Struggle in Exile
When Belete Kassa’s friend and news show co- host Belaye Manaye was arrested in November 2023 and taken to the remote Awash Arba military camp known as the "Guantanamo of the… Read more »
June 17
Congo-Kinshasa: Church Members Assault DRC Journalists Néhémie Paluku and Esaïe Mbusa
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should ensure a credible investigation into the June 3 assaults on reporters Esaïe Mbusa and Néhémie Paluku,… Read more »
June 06
South Africa: South Africa Police Briefly Detain Journalist Sandiso Phaliso, Force Him to Delete Crime Scene Photographs
South African police arrested freelance journalist Sandiso Phaliso while he was photographing a crime scene in the country's legislative capital of Cape Town on April 25 and held… Read more »
June 05
Sudan: CPJ Urges Investigation Into Killing of Sudanese Journalist Razek, 3 Family Members After RSF Raid
The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Sudanese authorities to launch a full investigation into the killing of journalist Muawiya Abdel Razek, hold those responsible to… Read more »
May 29
Cameroon: CPJ Alarmed By Cameroonian Authorities' Use of Administrative Detention Law
The Committee to Protect Journalists is highly concerned by a Cameroonian administrator's use of a law granting him the ability to indefinitely detain journalist Engelbert Mfomo in… Read more »
May 23
Tunisia: Tunis Court Sentences 2 Journalists to 1 Year in Prison, Prevents Hearing Coverage
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release radio journalists Borhen Bssais and Mourad Zghidi after a Tunis court… Read more »
May 22
Uganda: Opposition Leader's Bodyguards Assault, Harass Three Journalists
Ugandan authorities should thoroughly investigate and hold to account those responsible for attacking journalists Zainab Namusaazi, Gertrude Mutyaba, and Magaret Kayondo, the… Read more »
May 16
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Soldiers Threaten to Kill Journalist Parfait Katoto Over Broadcasts
Congolese authorities should take swift and comprehensive actions to investigate all threats against journalist and Radio Communautaire Amkeni Biakato (RCAB) director Parfait… Read more »
May 14
Uganda: Ugandan Journalist Juliet Kyarisiima Beaten and Robbed While Covering Land Dispute
Ugandan authorities must credibly investigate an assault on broadcast journalist Juliet Kyarisiima, hold the perpetrators to account, and ensure that journalists covering public… Read more »
May 10
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Journalist Blaise Mabala Freed After 4 Months in Jail Over Insult to Governor
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the acquittal and release of journalist Blaise Mabala after more than four months in detention and calls for authorities in the… Read more »
May 08
Guinea: Guinea Suspends Journalist Mamoudou Babila Keita and Inquisiteur Website for 6 Months
Guinea's media regulator should lift its suspension of the Inquisiteur outlet and journalist Mamoudou Babila Keita and allow the press to report on matters of public interest… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Police Secretly Arrest Journalist Daniel Ojukwu Over Critical Report
Authorities in Nigeria should immediately release journalist Daniel Ojukwu and stop intimidating and arresting members of the press who investigate the government's spending of… Read more »
April 18
Tunisia: Tunisian Journalist Mohamed Boughaleb Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Defamation
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Mohamed Boughaleb after he was convicted by a Tunis court… Read more »
April 03
Nigeria: Nigerian Soldiers Hit and Detain Journalist Dele Fasan, Thugs Attack 3 Journalists Covering Election
On February 23, at least seven soldiers arrested and handcuffed journalist Dele Fasan and hit him with a gun as he filmed at the scene of a planned protest in Nigeria's southern… Read more »
March 19
Senegal: CPJ Calls On Senegal's Presidential Candidates for Press Freedom Reforms As 5 Journalists Freed
Presidential candidates in Senegal's elections on Sunday should commit to decriminalizing journalism and dropping all legal proceedings against journalists, the Committee to… Read more »
March 12
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Journalist Muhiyadin Mohamed Abdullahi Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison On False News Charges
Authorities in Ethiopia should unconditionally release journalist Muhiyadin Mohamed Abdullahi, who was arrested almost a month ago on February 13, and desist from arbitrarily… Read more »