Tunisia: Tunisia Sentences Blogger Hajer Awadi to 26 Months Over Social Media Post

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately release blogger Hajer Awadi and overturn her 26-month prison sentence over a social media post… Read more »

Angola: Criminal Defamation Threat Hangs Over Dozens of Angolan Journalists Ahead of 2027 Vote

In 2025, Angolan journalist Daniel Frederico fled his home country for fear that he would be jailed for defamation for an article that he did not write. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Spate of Attacks On DR Congo Press Include Journalist Threatened Over Fally Ipupa Controversy

Investigative journalist Gauthier Sey Tshiang was evacuated to France on Monday for medical treatment after being assaulted and left unconscious in a street -- one of a series of… Read more »

Morocco: CPJ Urges Morocco to End Press Surveillance Following Amnesty Report

The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Moroccan authorities to immediately end the unlawful surveillance of journalists, and hold those responsible to account. This demand… Read more »

Egypt: CPJ, Partners Demand Release of Six Egyptian Investigative Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined partner organizations on Wednesday in condemning the arrest in recent days of six journalists working for independent Egyptian… Read more »

Cameroon: Journalists Jailed for Theft of Minister's Glasses - That He Later Found

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian authorities to hold to account those behind the detention of four journalists suspected of stealing a minister's glasses,… Read more »

Guinea: Guinea Bans France 24, Withdraws Jeune Afrique Correspondent's Accreditation

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Guinean authorities to reverse Thursday's ban on France 24 after a presenter called President Mamadi Doumbouya a "putschist president"… Read more »

East Africa: How a Somali Journalist Tried to Fix Regional President's Facebook Page - and Spent 38 Days in Jail

It's been a month since journalist Mascuud Warsame was freed from a detention facility in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, but his memories of the harrowing experience are still… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Journalist Detained, Prosecuted for Sharing X Post On WhatsApp

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in southeast Democratic Republic of the Congo to immediately release journalist Trésor Muntu, who was detained on… Read more »

Tunisia: Imprisoned Tunisian Journalist Zied El-Heni Faces New Terrorism Charges

Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against journalist Zied el-Heni, who is serving a one-year prison sentence and faces two… Read more »

Togo: Togolese Journalist Kidnapped, Assaulted in a Case of Mistaken Identity

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Togolese authorities to investigate the seizure and assault of journalist Roland Yaovi Kodjo, prosecute those responsible, and ensure… Read more »

Niger: In Niger, Prominent Journalist Moussa Kaka Missing Since August 31

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerien authorities to take urgent action to find Moussa Kaka, CEO of the Radio Télévision Saraounia (RTS) group, who… Read more »

Tunisia: Tunisian Authorities Arrest Journalist Mohamed Yousfi Amid Financial Investigation

Tunisian authorities must immediately release journalist Mohamed Yousfi, a well-known critic of President Kais Saied's government, and end its use of financial crime allegations to… Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland Journalist Detained Without Charge After Interviewing Poet

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the release of Somali journalist Abdiqani Hussein Abokor, also known as Baylood, who has been held without charge since August 29 in… Read more »

Sudan: CPJ, Partners Call On Sudan's RSF to Release 3 Female Journalists Detained in Darfur

The Committee to Protect Journalists was joined Monday by 16 civil society organizations in calling on the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to immediately… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Standard's Alex Kiprotich Seized By Armed Men After Escaping Earlier Attack

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kenyan authorities to ensure a credible investigation into Tuesday's seizure of Standard Group editor Alex Kiprotich by armed men whom… Read more »

Tunisia: Neither Free Nor Imprisoned - Tunisia's Journalists in Legal Limbo

In Tunisia, at least four journalists and commentators sentenced to prison over the last year remain free, trying to work and carry on with their daily lives while knowing they… Read more »

Benin: CPJ Urges Benin's President to Strengthen Press Freedom

The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Beninese President Romuald Wadagni to take decisive measures to protect press freedom, in a letter marking his first 100 days in… Read more »

Tunisia: CPJ Calls On Tunisia to Release Imprisoned Journalists Amid Deadly Heatwave

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately release journalists Zied el-Heni, Mourad Zghidi, and Borhen Bsaies, as reports of prisoner deaths… Read more »

Uganda: Ugandan Journalist Remmy Asiteza Detained On 'Fake News' Charges

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ugandan authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Remmy Asiteza, who has been charged with publishing "fake… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: In Rebel-Controlled Eastern DRC, Political Coverage Banned, Journalist Claude Kashonga Suspended

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on rebel authorities controlling part of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to lift the restrictions that prohibit media… Read more »

Sudan: CPJ Joins Call to Extend UN Fact-Finding Mission On Sudan

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) joined 67 other civil society organizations in calling on the UN Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the Independent… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Shutdown of Internet, Mobile Networks in East Extends for Over a Month Amid War

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to restore mobile telecommunications and internet services that have been cut off… Read more »

Zambia: CPJ Joins Call for Zambian Authorities to Keep Internet On During Elections

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined #KeepItOn Coalition partners in urging Zambian authorities and telecommunication providers to ensure free and open internet access… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Armed Men Threaten, Rob Exiled DR Congo Journalist in Uganda

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ugandan authorities to ensure the safety of exiled Congolese journalist John Zihindula Bwirabwanda, whose Ugandan home was broken into… Read more »