Sudan: Sudan's Rapid Support Forces Kill 3 State TV Journalists and Their Driver in Drone Strike

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Sudanese forces to ensure journalist safety following the killing of three Sudanese state television network journalists and their… Read more »

Somalia: Somali Journalist Killed in Al-Shabaab Bombing, At Least 22 Others Arrested for Reporting Attack

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Somali authorities to investigate the killing of journalist Mohamed Abukar Dabashe in a March 18 bombing by the militant group Al… Read more »

Benin: Bénin Web TV Suspended for Reporting On Media Regulator's Budget

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Benin's regulatory High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) to reverse its suspension of the privately owned news site… Read more »

Egypt: CPJ Leads Joint Letter to Egyptian President Urging Release of Writer Alaa Abdelfattah

In a joint letter led by the Committee to Protect Journalists, 50 prominent human rights leaders, Nobel Prize laureates, writers, and public figures have called on Egyptian… Read more »

Uganda: Ugandan Anti-Terrorism Officers Brutally Assault Journalist

Two masked officers with Uganda's security agency Joint Anti-Terrorist Task Force (JAT) assaulted Ibrahim Miracle, a reporter for Christian broadcaster Top TV, while he was… Read more »

Madagascar: In Madagascar, Journalist Detained On False News Charge Over Facebook Post

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malagasy authorities to immediately release investigative journalist Fernand Cello, who has been in detention since his January 29… Read more »

Ghana: At Least 5 Ghanaian Journalists Attacked Covering Ashanti Elections

Ghanaian authorities must swiftly investigate February 11's attack on five journalists covering Council of State elections in the southern Ashanti Region and ensure the press can… Read more »

Zambia: CPJ Urges Zambian Government to Withdraw Cyber Bills From Parliament

The Committee to Protect Journalists sent a letter calling on the Zambian government to withdraw the Cyber Security Bill 2024 and Cyber Crimes Bill 2024 from the country's National… Read more »

Tunisia: CPJ Urges Tunisia President to Release Journalist Mohamed Boughalleb

The Committee to Protect Journalists sent a letter to Tunisian President Kais Saied on February 12 asking him to secure the release of journalist Mohamed Boughalleb, whose health… Read more »

Egypt: CPJ, Others Call On Egypt to Reform Its Draft Criminal Procedure Code

The Committee to Protect Journalists, along with 11 other press freedom and human rights organizations, calls on Egyptian authorities to reject the current draft of the Criminal… Read more »

Ghana: No Accountability After Ghanaian Journalists Attacked While Covering Illegal Mining Investigation

Armed men, some wearing military camouflage, attacked journalist Ohemeng Tawiah with stones and machetes on December 20, 2024, after Tawiah and his camera operator, Joseph Kusi,… Read more »

Mozambique: Blogger Killed, Editor Missing As Mozambique's Press Freedom Crisis Deepens

"Help. I got shot and they keep shooting...I am dying." Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Journalists Covering Eastern DRC Conflict Face Death Threats, Censorship

The M23 rebel group's assault on the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern city of Goma has brought familiar dangers for Congolese journalists, who for years have navigated… Read more »

Guinea: Guinean Regulator Bans News Site Dépêche Guinée

Guinea's High Authority of Communication should reverse its decision to indefinitely suspend the privately owned news site Dépêche Guinée and ensure the public… Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan Blocks Social Media Access Amid Unrest

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on South Sudanese authorities to reverse its social media ban and to ensure that the public has open and reliable internet access, which… Read more »

Benin: Benin's Regulator Suspends 6 Media Outlets Until Further Notice

The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Beninese authorities to reverse their January 21 orders suspending six privately owned media outlets -- news sites Reporter Médias… Read more »

South Sudan: Sudanese Journalist Yahya Hamad Fadlallah Dies After Army Arrest

Prominent Sudanese journalist Yahya Hamad Fadlallah has died in a hospital, one month after Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) arrested him and his son at their home in the capital… Read more »

Africa: CPJ Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire, Calls for Media Access and War Crimes Investigations

The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Wednesday's reports of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and calls on authorities to grant unconditional access to… Read more »

Kenya: Tanzanian Journalist Maria Sarungi Tsehai Briefly Abducted in Kenya

CPJ calls on the Kenyan government to conduct a comprehensive investigation after four unknown men assaulted and abducted prominent Tanzanian journalist and human rights activist… Read more »

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 »