South Sudan: South Sudan Editor Emmanuel Monychol Akop Detained Without Charge By Intelligence Agents

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on South Sudan's authorities to reveal the whereabouts of Emmanuel Monychol Akop, editor-in-chief of the privately owned The Dawn… Read more »

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 »

Sudan: Rapid Support Forces Kill Sudanese Journalist Hanan Adam and Brother

On Monday, December 8, soldiers with the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed journalist Hanan Adam, a correspondent for local Sudan Communist Party-affiliated… Read more »

Egypt: Egypt Jails Journalist Sayed Saber After Recent Social Media Posts

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Sayed Saber, who was arrested on November 26 and ordered by the Supreme State… Read more »

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 »

Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Rebels Attack Radio Station, Journalist Killed in Eastern DRC

Following clashes with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) on October 29, M23 rebels attacked the facilities of the privately owned Mpety community… Read more »

Burundi: Burundi Prosecutors Seek 12-Year Prison Term for Journalist Sandra Muhoza

Burundi prosecutors requested a 12-year prison sentence for journalist Sandra Muhoza, who has been detained for seven months on charges of undermining the integrity of Burundi's… Read more »

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 »