February 06
Ghana: No Accountability After Ghanaian Journalists Attacked While Covering Illegal Mining Investigation
Armed men, some wearing military camouflage, attacked journalist Ohemeng Tawiah with stones and machetes on December 20, 2024, after Tawiah and his camera operator, Joseph Kusi,… Read more »
January 30
Guinea: Guinean Regulator Bans News Site Dépêche Guinée
Guinea's High Authority of Communication should reverse its decision to indefinitely suspend the privately owned news site Dépêche Guinée and ensure the public… Read more »
January 23
Benin: Benin's Regulator Suspends 6 Media Outlets Until Further Notice
The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Beninese authorities to reverse their January 21 orders suspending six privately owned media outlets -- news sites Reporter Médias… Read more »
December 13, 2024
Niger: Niger Suspends BBC, Announces a Complaint Against RFI
Nigerien authorities have suspended the U.K. government-funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for three months and announced the Nigerien government would bring a complaint… Read more »
December 06, 2024
Guinea: Guinean Journalist Habib Marouane Camara Attacked, Abducted By Uniformed Men
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Guinean authorities to investigate journalist Habib Marouane Camara's whereabouts and ensure his safety after he was attacked and… Read more »
November 15, 2024
Guinea Bissau: CPJ, Partners Urge Guinea-Bissau to Improve Press Freedom Ahead of UN Review
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined two other press freedom organizations in calling on authorities in Guinea-Bissau to accept and implement recommendations to improve its… Read more »
November 12, 2024
Cameroon: Cameroonian Journalist Nsoyuka Guy-Bruno Maimo Detained, Beaten for Covering Protest
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian authorities to investigate and hold accountable those responsible for detaining and violently abusing Nsoyuka Guy-Bruno… Read more »
November 04, 2024
Gambia: Gambian President Withdraws Defamation Lawsuit Against The Voice, Editor
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Gambian President Adama Barrow's decision to withdraw a civil defamation lawsuit against The Voice newspaper and its editor-in-chief… Read more »
October 31, 2024
Ghana: Mine Security Guards Attack Media Crew Covering Environmental Degradation in Ghana
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ghanaian authorities to swiftly investigate and hold accountable the security guards who attacked four journalists and media workers… Read more »
October 30, 2024
Guinea: Guinean Journalist Bakary Gamalo Bamba Charged With Violating Judge's Privacy
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the release of journalist Bakary Gamalo Bamba, director of the bimonthly newspaper Le Baobab, who has been detained since October 20… Read more »
October 25, 2024
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Confirms Conscription of 3 Journalists, 1 Still Missing
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the forced conscription of journalists Serge Atiana Oulon, Adama Bayala, and Kalifara Séré, who went missing in… Read more »
October 18, 2024
Nigeria: 4 Nigerian Journalists Face Fresh Charges Over Report Tying Bank CEO to Fraud Claims
The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the continued detention of journalists Olurotimi Olawale, Precious Eze Chukwunonso, Roland Olonishuwa, and Seun Odunlami,… Read more »
October 10, 2024
Cameroon: Cameroon Bans Reporting On President Paul Biya's Health, Whereabouts
The Cameroonian government should end its threats to sanction private media journalists who report on the condition and whereabouts of President Paul Biya, 91, who has not been… Read more »
October 09, 2024
Burkina Faso: Authorities Suspend Voice of America, Extending Censorship Trend in Burkina Faso
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Burkinabe authorities to lift the suspension of the U.S. Congress-funded broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), which is the latest… Read more »
October 07, 2024
Togo: At Least 6 Togolese Journalists Attacked While Covering Opposition Party Meeting
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for Togolese authorities to hold accountable those responsible for attacking at least six journalists as they covered an opposition party… Read more »
October 03, 2024
Nigeria: Nigeria Police Charge 4 Journalists With Cybercrimes for Corruption Reporting
Despite recent reforms to Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act, journalists continue to be targeted for publishing news in the public interest, with four reporters being charged under the law… Read more »
October 02, 2024
Gambia: Gambian Journalists Charged With False News Over President's Exit Plan Report
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Gambian authorities to drop all charges against The Voice newspaper editors, Musa Sekou Sheriff and Momodou Justice Darboe, and to… Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon Ratchets Up Media Censorship Ahead of 2025 Election
After a month of seeing an empty television studio with the word "censored" splashed across the screen, Cameroonians are finally able to watch Équinoxe TV's flagship Sunday… Read more »
September 16, 2024
Nigeria: WikkiTimes Publisher, Reporter Face Criminal Charges Over Reporting On Alleged Corruption
Authorities in Nigeria should discontinue criminal proceedings against journalists Haruna Mohammed Salisu and Yawale Adamu, of the privately owned WikkiTimes news site, and reform… Read more »
September 12, 2024
Mali: Malian Media Regulator Suspends TV5 Monde and LCI Over Security Reporting
The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Mali's media regulator to reverse its suspensions of French public broadcaster TV5Monde and private television news channel La… Read more »
September 03, 2024
Nigeria: CPJ, Partners Call for Release of Slain Nigerian Journalist's Body
The Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Press Institute, and the Media Foundation for West Africa released a joint statement on Tuesday, September 3, calling on… Read more »
August 29, 2024
Guinea Bissau: Guinea Bissau President Swears At Journalist As Media Freedom Declines
Amid political tension in Guinea-Bissau following President Umaro Sissoco Embaló's dissolution of parliament in December, it was only natural for radio journalist Ussumane… Read more »
August 21, 2024
Nigeria: In Nigeria, At Least 56 Journalists Attacked and Harassed As Protests Roil Region
"He hit me with a gun butt," Premium Times newspaper reporter Yakubu Mohammed told the Committee to Protect Journalists, recalling how he was struck by a police officer while… Read more »
August 06, 2024
Nigeria: Nigerian Security Forces Attack, Arrest Journalists Covering Protests
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to investigate reports that dozens of journalists were assaulted, harassed, and detained while covering… Read more »
July 31, 2024
Nigeria: Chained and Blindfolded - Nigerian Journalist Segun Olatunji Recounts His Detention
The arrest and detention of Segun Olatunji, the then editor of the privately owned First News site, by Nigeria's military in March triggered an outcry from local and international… Read more »