April 03
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 »
April 22
Zambia: Zambian Lawyers Fight for Media Freedom As Journalists Harassed Ahead of Election
For months, lawyer Josiah Kalala has been working late into the night on a case he believes could define the future of press freedom in Zambia: preparing arguments, reviewing legal… Read more »
February 24
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 18
Angola: 'I Literally Felt Naked' - Angolan Journalist Teixeira Cândido Targeted With Predator Spyware
Angolan journalist and lawyer Teixeira Cândido wants to know who targeted him with spyware, and he wants justice. 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 »
November 04, 2025
Eswatini: In Eswatini, Abusive Lawsuit Demands a Record $9.8 Millon for Defamation
The Swazi Bridge news site in Eswatini is facing a record-breaking claim for 170 million emalangeni (US$9.8 million) in damages and the threat of terrorism investigations, as part… Read more »
October 30, 2025
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 »
October 10, 2025
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 »
August 27, 2025
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 »
July 21, 2025
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 »
July 02, 2025
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 »
June 23, 2025
Zambia: CPJ Alarmed By Zambian Bill Proposing Jail for Unlicensed Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday expressed alarm at a Zambian bill that could jail journalists who work without a license for up to five years if it were to become… Read more »
January 25, 2006
Zimbabwe: 'Voice of the People' Trustees Charged With Broadcasting Without a License
Six trustees of the independent news production company Voice of the People were charged today with broadcasting without a license, which carries a potential two-year prison… Read more »
