February 26
Kenya: Kenya Court Due to Rule On Cybercrimes Law As Another Journalist Faces Jail
Journalist Peter Maseke Mwita has a keener interest than most in Friday's upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of Kenya's cybercrime law -- legislation that could see him… Read more »
February 24
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Revokes Addis Standard's License Amid Escalating Crackdown On Independent Media
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately restore the registration of independent outlet Addis Standard after the Ethiopian Media Authority… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Journalist in Detention for a Week for Alleged Defamatory Report On Corruption
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zimbabwean authorities to release journalist Gideon Madzikatidze who has been in detention since February 18, on charges of… Read more »
February 23
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 »
February 19
Senegal: Senegalese Commentator Arrested for Remarks About Student's Death
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to release news commentator Abdou Nguer, who was arrested on Wednesday for challenging a public prosecutor's… Read more »
February 12
Egypt: CPJ, Partners Urge Applogic Networks to Disclose Details On Egypt Withdrawal
In a joint letter, the Committee to Protect Journalists and 10 rights organizations, along with independent news platforms, expressed serious concern over AppLogic Networks'… Read more »
February 16
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Revokes Reuters Journalists' Accreditation Following Investigative Report
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to restore the accreditation of three Reuters journalists who were barred from reporting after the news agency… Read more »
January 26
Tunisia: Tunisia Issues Fresh 3½-Year Jail Terms to Journalists Mourad Zghidi and Borhen Bsaies
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the three-and-a-half year prison sentences handed down to prominent Tunisian journalists Mourad Zghidi and Borhen Bsaies for tax… Read more »
February 09
Algeria: Algerian Authorities Arrest Journalist Omar Ferhat
Algerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Omar Ferhat, director of the local independent news website Algerie Scoop, and drop all charges against… Read more »
February 10
Algeria: Algeria Arrests Freelance Journalist Abdelali Mezghiche
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February 12
Senegal: Senegalese News Commentator Arrested, Accused of Spreading False News
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to release Modou Fall, news commentator at the privately owned channel Sen TV, after he was arrested Wednesday… Read more »
February 04
Namibia: Namibian Journalist 'Shaken' By Arrest Threat for Asking the President a Question
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Namibian authorities to respect and safeguard reporters, following Jemima Beukes expulsion from the president's official residence and… Read more »
January 29
Congo-Kinshasa: 2 DR Congo Journalists Detained for War Reporting in Restive East
The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to immediately release Thomson Unji Batangalwa, who was detained on January 22 in the… Read more »
January 28
Congo-Kinshasa: Threats, Exile, Censorship - DR Congo Journalists Besieged in Year of Rebel Rule
For Congolese journalist Prince Cikala Mihigo, the first day of 2026 brought a brutal reminder of the risks of reporting: rebel soldiers beat and kicked him while questioning him… Read more »
January 15
Burundi: Burundi - Sandra Muhoza Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison in 2nd Trial
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Burundian authorities to end the persecution of jailed journalist Sandra Muhoza who has been given a four-year sentence for comments… Read more »
January 13
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 »
December 23, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Journalist John Kabamba Missing After Interviewing Rebel in Eastern DR Congo
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to urgently ensure the safety and freedom of television host John Kabamba, who… Read more »
December 22, 2025
Tunisia: The Law Powering Tunisia's Crackdown On the Press
Since President Kais Saied's consolidation of power in 2021, Tunisia's press freedom landscape has narrowed sharply. A single piece of legislation--Decree-Law No. 2022-54 on… Read more »
December 18, 2025
Africa: 127 African Women Journalists Write to Jailed Burundian Sandra Muhoza As She Returns to Court
On the first anniversary of the conviction of ailing Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza, 127 African women journalists have written her a joint letter expressing solidarity,… Read more »
December 10, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Journalist Ali Male Threatened, Detained Over Report Criticizing Army Colonel
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to release Ali Male, a reporter with the privately owned En Quete News site and… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian TikTok Journalist Eyob Shimelis Detained After Corruption Reporting
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately release journalist Eyob Shimelis, who has been in detention since December 1 on accusations of… Read more »
Africa: Press Killings in 2025 Equal Record High of 126 Killed in 2024
With more than three weeks still to go to the end of the year, the number of journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2025 already equals 2024's record figures, data… Read more »
December 08, 2025
Algeria: Algeria Upholds 7-Year Sentence for French Journalist, Convicts Two Others
Algerian authorities must cease their legal attacks on the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday, as a seven-year prison sentence was upheld against French… 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 »
November 27, 2025
Tunisia: Tunisia Frees Prominent Commentator Sonia Dahmani
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Thursday release of Tunisian commentator and lawyer Sonia Dahmani, who had been held since May 2024 over comments made during a… Read more »
