March 23
Cote d'Ivoire: Judicial Intimidation Against Journalists' Leaders
This summons, issued without clear grounds and targeting a leading trade union figure, constitutes unacceptable pressure and a clear attempt to intimidate the entire journalistic… Read more »
March 02
Africa: Sierra Leone - Action Pledge to Tackle 'Unlawful and Abusive' Treatment of Journalists
More than 25% of journalists do not receive a monthly salary, 42% earn below the national minimum wage, just 8% receive medical benefits and almost half of all journalists are not… Read more »
February 25
Nigeria: Journalist Held for Over a Week On Defamation Charges
According to media reports, journalist Ahmed Isah Sakpe was summoned to the police station following a complaint lodged by a protocol officer attached to the Niger State Governor,… Read more »
February 19
Africa: IFJ Backs Calls On Government to Take Next Steps to Enhance Media Freedom
But the Federation also pledged to continue to support SLAJ's advocacy for further action to promote media freedom , especially with respect to Section 44 (2) of the Cyber Security… Read more »
February 16
Africa: Mali - Journalist Arrested for Criticising Foreign President
The military junta in Mali arrested prominent journalist Youssouf Sissoko under the country's cybercrime law, following the publication of an article in L'Alternance on 2 February.… Read more »
January 29
Niger: Deutsche Welle Correspondent Arrested in Niamey
On 15 January the DW website published a report written by Tawasa about Nigerian refugees and migrants. The story published in the local Hausa dialect showed dozens of Nigerian… Read more »
November 10, 2025
Niger: Three Journalists Arrested On Cybercrime Charges
The international Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns, in the strongest terms possible, this continued pattern of repression and intimidation meted out by the country's… Read more »
November 02, 2025
Africa: Stop the Digital War On Women Journalists: FAJ Urges Action to End Impunity in Africa
The 2025 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) theme, "Chat GBV: Raising Awareness on AI-facilitated Gender-Based Violence against Women… Read more »
October 21, 2025
Africa: Junta Must Stop Arbitrarily Detaining Journalists
On 14 October, Zawenmanogo Dieudonné Zoungrana, publishing director of Aujourd'hui Au Faso newspaper, was detained at his home by members of the National Intelligence… Read more »
September 15, 2025
Africa: African Journalists Condemn the Heightened and Relentless Deadly Attacks On Journalists in Gaza
We mourn our fallen colleagues, we recognise the trauma carried by victim journalists and we send our heartfelt solidarity to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), whose… Read more »
August 07, 2025
Africa: Media Regulator Suspends Radio Station for Three Months for Calling Military Govt a Junta
According to media reports, the CSC's decision followed the publication of a post on Radio Omega's Facebook page on 30 July, "which was deemed to contain malicious and discourteous… Read more »
July 23, 2025
Burkina Faso: Four Journalists Released From Forced Enlistment Into the Army
On 17 July Boukari Ouba, Vice President of the ABJ, and Luc Pagbelguem, a journalist with the independent TV station BF1, were also released. All four journalists have now been… Read more »
July 16, 2025
Africa: Ivory Coast - IFJ Demands Immediate Release of Exiled Journalist Extradited to Benin
Journalist Hugues Comlan Sossoukpe, who has refugee status and is a vocal critic of the Beninese government, has been in exile in Togo since 2019. According to local media reports,… Read more »
May 14, 2025
Niger: Three Journalists From Sahara FM Arrested in Agadez
Journalists Hamid Mahmoud, acting editor-in-chief of Sahara FM, Mahaman Sani, news presenter, and Massaouda Jaharou were all arrested on 7 May. Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, the Head of… Read more »
