August 21
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
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
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 »
July 16
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Columnist Alain Traoré Taken By Armed Men in Masks
Burkinabe authorities should immediately and comprehensively investigate the disappearance of columnist Alain Traoré after armed men in masks claiming to be agents of the… Read more »
July 09
Nigeria: Nigeria Police Arrest, Detain, Assault Journalist Gabriel Idibia While in Custody
On June 11, police officers in Kaduna, the capital city of Nigeria's northern Kaduna State, arrested Gabriel Idibia, a correspondent and freelancer with the privately owned Daily… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Court Acquits Publisher Agba Jalingo of Cybercrime Charges
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Monday's court decision in Nigeria acquitting Agba Jalingo, publisher of the privately owned CrossRiverWatch, of cybercrime charges. Read more »
July 03
Burkina Faso: Three Journalists Disappear, 3 Media Outlets Suspended in Burkina Faso
The Burkinabe authorities must do everything possible to find and ensure the safety of missing journalists Serge Atiana Oulon, Kalifara Séré, and Adama Bayala, and… Read more »
June 27
Mali: Malian Journalist Yeri Bocoum Missing After Covering Banned Protest
Malian authorities should urgently investigate the disappearance of journalist Yeri Bocoum and account for his whereabouts, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Read more »
June 24
Ghana: Ghana Ruling Party Supporters Assault Journalist Dokurugu Abubakar Ndeeya
On May 16, four supporters of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) assaulted Dokurugu Abubakar Ndeeya, a reporter with the privately owned Zaa Multimedia, while he was filming… Read more »
June 20
Niger: Niger Reinstates Prison Sentences for Journalists for Defamation, Insult
Nigerien authorities must decriminalize defamation and ensure that the country's cybercrime law does not unduly restrict the work of the media, the Committee to Protect Journalists… Read more »
May 29
Cameroon: CPJ Alarmed By Cameroonian Authorities' Use of Administrative Detention Law
The Committee to Protect Journalists is highly concerned by a Cameroonian administrator's use of a law granting him the ability to indefinitely detain journalist Engelbert Mfomo in… Read more »
May 23
Guinea: Guinea Revokes Broadcast Licenses of 6 Media Outlets
Guinean authorities should immediately reinstate the media licenses for six blocked outlets and allow them to resume broadcasting freely after months of censorship, the Committee… Read more »
May 20
Nigeria: Nigerian Journalist Jamil Mabai Detained By Religious Police While Seeking Interview
Nigerian authorities should swiftly and comprehensively investigate the detention of freelance journalist Jamil Mabai by religious police in northern Katsina State and hold them to… Read more »
May 08
Guinea: Guinea Suspends Journalist Mamoudou Babila Keita and Inquisiteur Website for 6 Months
Guinea's media regulator should lift its suspension of the Inquisiteur outlet and journalist Mamoudou Babila Keita and allow the press to report on matters of public interest… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Police Secretly Arrest Journalist Daniel Ojukwu Over Critical Report
Authorities in Nigeria should immediately release journalist Daniel Ojukwu and stop intimidating and arresting members of the press who investigate the government's spending of… Read more »
May 07
Niger: Journalist Idrissa Soumana Maïga Detained for 'Undermining National Defense' in Niger
Nigerien authorities must immediately release Idrissa Soumana Maïga, editor of the privately owned newspaper L'Enquêteur, and allow him to report freely, the Committee… Read more »
May 06
Ghana: Private Media Outlet Class Media Group Firebombed in Ghana
Authorities in Ghana should swiftly and comprehensively conclude their investigation of the April 25 firebomb attack on Class Media Group's office, hold those responsible to… Read more »
April 16
Nigeria: Police Investigate Nigeria's Foundation for Investigative Journalism After Corruption Coverage
Nigerian authorities should immediately drop their investigation into the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) and its founder, the award-winning undercover reporter,… Read more »
April 11
Mali: Mali's Media Regulator Bans Outlets From Covering Political Groups
The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Mali's media regulator to lift its ban on political reporting in the country and allow journalists to cover the news without… Read more »
April 10
Togo: Togolese Authorities Release Journalist Apollinaire Mewenemesse With Conditions
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of journalist and La Dépêche publishing director Apollinaire Mewenemesse and calls for Togolese authorities… Read more »
April 03
Nigeria: Nigerian Soldiers Hit and Detain Journalist Dele Fasan, Thugs Attack 3 Journalists Covering Election
On February 23, at least seven soldiers arrested and handcuffed journalist Dele Fasan and hit him with a gun as he filmed at the scene of a planned protest in Nigeria's southern… Read more »
April 01
Togo: Togo Journalist Apollinaire Mewenemesse Detained for Defamation
Togolese authorities must release journalist Apollinaire Mewenemesse, drop all legal proceedings against him, and reform the country's laws to prevent journalists from being… Read more »
March 19
Senegal: CPJ Calls On Senegal's Presidential Candidates for Press Freedom Reforms As 5 Journalists Freed
Presidential candidates in Senegal's elections on Sunday should commit to decriminalizing journalism and dropping all legal proceedings against journalists, the Committee to… Read more »
March 01
Nigeria: CPJ Welcomes Acquittal of Nigerian Journalists Gidado Yushau and Alfred Olufemi and Calls for Legal Reform
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the February 14 decision by an appeal court in Nigeria's western Kwara State acquitting journalists Gidado Yushau and Alfred Olufemi… Read more »
Senegal: Record Number of Journalists in Senegal's Jails Amid Political Turmoil
Senegalese reporter Ndèye Maty Niang, also known as Maty Sarr Niang, would have likely jumped at the chance to report on the political crisis gripping her country since the… Read more »