September 26, 2023
Gambia: Journalist Charged With 'Interference With Witness'
According to a press release issued by the GPU, Mankajang's whereabouts were unknown until the journalist' relatives confirmed visiting him in a police cell in the town of… Read more »
August 08, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzania - Journalists Assaulted While Covering Political Rally
According to a statement issued by JOWUTA, party militants "beat and stole the phones of the [mentioned] journalists", who were reporting on the preparations for a public rally of… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Senegal: Senegal - Walf TV Broadcast Programmes Suspended for 30 Days
The broadcast programmes of Walf TV, a privately owned television station have been suspended for 30 days following the cutting off of the signal of the television station on 1… Read more »
May 17, 2023
Lesotho: Investigative Radio Journalist Shot Dead
According to local reports from Lesotho, Joki, who was known for his reporting on corruption and organised crime, was driving out of the radio station premises shortly after… Read more »
May 10, 2023
Cameroon: Journalist Shot Dead
The 26 year-old worked as Regional Bureau Chief of weekly newspaper, The Advocate. He was a sports journalist with the Kick442 website and reported for the radio station Dream FM. Read more »
April 03, 2023
Burkina Faso: Two French Journalists Expelled Amid Crackdown On Foreign Media
Correspondents Sophie Douce and Agnès Faivre left the capital, Ouagadougou, on 1 April, and arrived in Paris the next day, after being notified of their expulsion by the… Read more »