March 20
West Africa: Senegal - TV Host Jailed for Reposting Caricature of President On Facebook
Daouda Ndiaye, also known as Daouda Wally, a journalist with Feeling Dakar TV, was sentenced on March 16, 2026, to two months' imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 CFA francs (about… Read more »
March 31
West Africa: New Media Regulator Law Raises Press Freedom Concerns
Senegal's National Assembly on March 3, 2026, adopted a new law establishing the National Media Regulatory Council (CNRM), marking a significant shift in the country's media… Read more »
February 23
West Africa: Senegal - TV Commentator Detained for Disputing Prosecutor's Statement
On February 17, 2026, Abdou Nguer, a columnist for SEN TV, was taken into custody after responding to a summons from the Colobane Investigation Office in Dakar. The summons… Read more »
February 20
West Africa: Prosecutor Seeks Six Months' Jail for Sen TV Commentator
Modou Fall, a commentator for Sen TV, was taken into custody on February 11, 2026, following questioning by the Faidherbe investigation unit, a division of the Dakar gendarmerie. Read more »
December 05, 2025
West Africa: Students Protest Scholarship Delays Amid Clashes With Police
Students at Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) and Gaston-Berger University (UGB) in Senegal have held several protests since late November 2025 over the delayed payment of… Read more »
November 13, 2025
West Africa: Journalist Finally Freed After Seven Months of Detention
Senegalese journalist and commentator Abdou Nguer was released on November 12, 2025, after spending seven months in detention over a series of social media posts deemed offensive… Read more »
August 28, 2025
Senegal: Court Hands Journalist Suspended Sentence, Fine Over Remarks About Prime Minister
On August 20, 2025, journalist Doudou Coulibaly, and Programme Director of Dakar Municipal Radio (RMD), was summoned by the Special Division for the Fight against Cybercrime (DSC)… Read more »
August 22, 2025
West Africa: Journalist Detained On Charges of Defamation, Insulting a Foreign Head of State
"I knew this would happen sooner or later," are the words used by journalist Doudou Coulibaly in a Facebook post published on August 19, 2025, when announcing that he had been… Read more »
August 04, 2025
Senegal: Journalist and Former MP Sentenced to Two Months in Prison
On July 30, 2025, journalist Bachir Fofana and former Member of Parliament Moustapha Diakhate were sentenced to two months in prison, with fifteen days to be served. Read more »
July 17, 2025
West Africa: Journalist Detained After Heated Argument With Member of Parliament
In Senegal, Badara Gadiaga, a columnist for the television channel Télé Futurs Médias (TFM), was arrested on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 following remarks he made… Read more »
July 14, 2025
West Africa: MFWA Calls for the Release of Moustapha Diakhaté
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) calls on the Senegalese authorities to release Moustapha Diakhaté, a former MP under the Macky Sall government. Read more »
July 08, 2025
Senegal: Continued Detention of Journalist Bachir Fofana Regrettable
On July 2, 2025, Senegalese journalist and columnist Bachir Fofana who has been in detention since June 25, 2025 was brought to trial at the Dakar Court for Immediate Offenses… Read more »
