Mozambique: Journalists in the Crossfire of Mozambique's Post-Election Crisis

In the weeks since Mozambique's October 9 general election -- which was characterized by irregularities and in which the ruling Frelimo party claimed victory -- the country has… Read more »

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 »

Egypt: Egypt Sentences Detained Journalist to 20 Years - Accused of Threatening 2nd Journalist

Egyptian authorities sentenced in absentia journalist Yasser Abu Al-Ela to 20 years in prison on charges of joining a terrorist organization and spreading false news. Separately,… Read more »

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 »

Egypt: CPJ, Others Ask UN Working Group for Update On Egyptian Writer Alaa Abdelfattah

The Committee to Protect Journalists, along with 26 other press freedom and human rights organizations, sent a letter on November 12 to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary… Read more »

Ethiopia: CPJ Urges Ethiopia to Commit to Press Freedom During UN Human Rights Review

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to accept and implement recommendations on improving press freedom conditions and guaranteeing the safety of… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Tunisia: Jailed Tunisian Commentator Sonia Dahmani Given Further 2-Year Sentence

Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release political commentator Sonia Dahmani, who was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison for spreading false… Read more »

Egypt: Egyptian Authorities Arrest Economic Commentator Abdel Khaleq Farouk

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release economic commentator and analyst Abdel Khaleq Farouk, who was arrested October 20 on… Read more »

Sudan: RSF Paramilitary Group Seizes Sudanese Journalist's Home in South Darfur

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) must immediately return the home of journalist Ashraf Omer Ibrahim -- a South Darfur Radio and Television correspondent and a local Al-Zarqa… Read more »

Morocco: Morocco's Pardoned Journalists Face Smears, Threats After Prison

When Moroccan authorities released three prominent journalists in July as part of a mass pardon marking King Mohamed VI's 25 years on the throne, their friends and families… Read more »

Zambia: Zambian Journalist Thomas Zgambo Arrested for Third Time in a Year

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zambian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release investigative journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo who has been held at a… Read more »

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 »

Chad: Chad Media Regulator Restricts Online Broadcasts Under Threat of Shutdown

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Chadian authorities to reverse a directive announcedon October 9 by Abderamane Barka, president of the High Authority for Media and… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Regulator Bans Media Outlets As Journalists Harassed

Instead of providing the latest news updates, the homepages of three leading Tanzanian newspapers are focused on their own suspension over a video seen as critical of the… Read more »

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 »

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Journalists Patrick Lokala, Érasme Kasongo Arrested, Questioned Over Reporting

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to release journalist Patrick Lokala, and drop all legal proceedings against him… Read more »

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 »

Algeria: Algerian Journalist Fined, Sentenced to 1 Year On Insult Charges

Algerian authorities must release the Djelfa Tribune editor-in-chief, Badreddine Guermat, and should not contest if he chooses to appeal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said… Read more »

Chad: Chad's Le Visionnaire Newspaper and Leadership Suspended Over Fraud Report

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Chadian authorities to permit the privately owned Le Visionnaire newspaper to resume operations after it was suspended from publishing… Read more »

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 »

Algeria: Algerian Journalist Badreddine Guermat Arrested Over Facebook Post

Algerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Djelfa Tribune editor-in-chief Badreddine Guermat, who was arrested on September 25 at home in the city of Djelfa,… Read more »