Ethiopia: Ethiopian State Media Journalist Detained At Unknown Location

The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the wellbeing of journalist Yeshihasab Abera, who has yet to appear in court after security personnel took him from his… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Police Charge 4 Journalists With Cybercrimes for Corruption Reporting

Despite recent reforms to Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act, journalists continue to be targeted for publishing news in the public interest, with four reporters being charged under the law… Read more »

Gambia: Gambian Journalists Charged With False News Over President's Exit Plan Report

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Gambian authorities to drop all charges against The Voice newspaper editors, Musa Sekou Sheriff and Momodou Justice Darboe, and to… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon Ratchets Up Media Censorship Ahead of 2025 Election

After a month of seeing an empty television studio with the word "censored" splashed across the screen, Cameroonians are finally able to watch Équinoxe TV's flagship Sunday… Read more »

Egypt: Egypt Violates Own Law By Adding 2 Years to Alaa Abdelfattah's Prison Term

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to release Alaa Abdelfattah, a prominent Egyptian-British blogger and writer, upon completion of his five-year… Read more »

Nigeria: WikkiTimes Publisher, Reporter Face Criminal Charges Over Reporting On Alleged Corruption

Authorities in Nigeria should discontinue criminal proceedings against journalists Haruna Mohammed Salisu and Yawale Adamu, of the privately owned WikkiTimes news site, and reform… Read more »

Mali: Malian Media Regulator Suspends TV5 Monde and LCI Over Security Reporting

The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Mali's media regulator to reverse its suspensions of French public broadcaster TV5Monde and private television news channel La… Read more »

Egypt: CPJ Leads 33 Organizations to Condemn Spate of Egyptian Journalist Arrests

On September 9, the Committee to Protect Journalists and 33 human rights and press freedom organizations released a joint statement condemning the recent arrests and enforced… Read more »

Nigeria: CPJ, Partners Call for Release of Slain Nigerian Journalist's Body

The Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Press Institute, and the Media Foundation for West Africa released a joint statement on Tuesday, September 3, calling on… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Guinea Bissau President Swears At Journalist As Media Freedom Declines

Amid political tension in Guinea-Bissau following President Umaro Sissoco Embaló's dissolution of parliament in December, it was only natural for radio journalist Ussumane… Read more »

Sudan: Paramilitary Group Kidnaps, Demands Ransom for Sudanese Journalist

Armed men affiliated with the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took freelance journalist Aladdin Abu Harba from his home in the East Nile region of Khartoum, an area… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 2 DRC Reporters Threatened By Province Officials After Airing Critical Reports

The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ensure the safety and freedom of two journalists -- Radio Tokomi Wapi… Read more »

Zambia: Yet Again, Zambian Journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo Faces Prison Over Reporting

Zambian journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo is facing up to seven years in prison for his reporting on corruption and poor governance in the southern African nation. It is at least the… Read more »

Nigeria: In Nigeria, At Least 56 Journalists Attacked and Harassed As Protests Roil Region

"He hit me with a gun butt," Premium Times newspaper reporter Yakubu Mohammed told the Committee to Protect Journalists, recalling how he was struck by a police officer while… Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan Police Detain Journalist Sisto Germano Ohide Without Charge

South Sudan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Singaita FM journalist Sisto Germano Ohide, who is ill and undergoing malaria treatment, the Committee to… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Security Forces Attack, Arrest Journalists Covering Protests

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to investigate reports that dozens of journalists were assaulted, harassed, and detained while covering… Read more »

Nigeria: Chained and Blindfolded - Nigerian Journalist Segun Olatunji Recounts His Detention

The arrest and detention of Segun Olatunji, the then editor of the privately owned First News site, by Nigeria's military in March triggered an outcry from local and international… Read more »

Somalia: Somali Police Arrest Journalist Alinur Salaad On 'False Reporting' Allegations

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Somali authorities to immediately release journalist AliNur Salaad who was remanded in custody for 45 days on allegations of… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Columnist Alain Traoré Taken By Armed Men in Masks

Burkinabe authorities should immediately and comprehensively investigate the disappearance of columnist Alain Traoré after armed men in masks claiming to be agents of the… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Journalist Catherine Wanjeri Wa Kariuki Shot in Leg Covering Protests

Kenyan authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the July 16 shooting of journalist Catherine Wanjeri wa Kariuki as she covered ongoing protests in the… Read more »

Algeria: After Prison Release, Journalist Mustapha Bendjama Struggles to Rebuild His Life in Algeria

After serving a 14 month prison sentence on various charges, Algerian journalist Mustapha Bendjama assumed his life would return to normal as the editor-in-chief of Le Provincial,… Read more »

Tunisia: Tunisian Commentator Sonia Dahmani Sentenced to 1 Year

The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a Tunisian court's sentencing of lawyer and political commentator Sonia Dahmani to one year in prison on Saturday and calls for… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Police Arrest, Detain, Assault Journalist Gabriel Idibia While in Custody

On June 11, police officers in Kaduna, the capital city of Nigeria's northern Kaduna State, arrested Gabriel Idibia, a correspondent and freelancer with the privately owned Daily… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Court Acquits Publisher Agba Jalingo of Cybercrime Charges

The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Monday's court decision in Nigeria acquitting Agba Jalingo, publisher of the privately owned CrossRiverWatch, of cybercrime charges. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Court Rules Police Unlawfully Killed Pakistani Journalist Arshad Sharif

The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes a Kenyan court's Monday ruling that Kenyan authorities violated Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif's right to life and that his death… Read more »