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 »

Burkina Faso: Three Journalists Disappear, 3 Media Outlets Suspended in Burkina Faso

The Burkinabe authorities must do everything possible to find and ensure the safety of missing journalists Serge Atiana Oulon, Kalifara Séré, and Adama Bayala, and… Read more »

Mali: Malian Journalist Yeri Bocoum Missing After Covering Banned Protest

Malian authorities should urgently investigate the disappearance of journalist Yeri Bocoum and account for his whereabouts, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Read more »

Uganda: Authorities Detain 2 Ugandan Journalists On Charges of Publishing Without License

Ugandan authorities should release journalists Dickson Mubiru and Alirabaki Sengooba, drop all criminal charges against them, and take steps to reform laws that can be used to… Read more »

Kenya: CPJ Calls On Kenyan Authorities to Respect Press Freedom Amid Ongoing Protests

Kenyan authorities must investigate reports of several journalists attacked while covering protests, desist from intimidating the media, and ensure reliable and secure access to… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Ruling Party Supporters Assault Journalist Dokurugu Abubakar Ndeeya

On May 16, four supporters of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) assaulted Dokurugu Abubakar Ndeeya, a reporter with the privately owned Zaa Multimedia, while he was filming… Read more »

Niger: Niger Reinstates Prison Sentences for Journalists for Defamation, Insult

Nigerien authorities must decriminalize defamation and ensure that the country's cybercrime law does not unduly restrict the work of the media, the Committee to Protect Journalists… Read more »

Egypt: Fleeing Prolonged Media Crackdown, Ethiopian Journalists Struggle in Exile

When Belete Kassa’s friend and news show co- host Belaye Manaye was arrested in November 2023 and taken to the remote Awash Arba military camp known as the "Guantanamo of the… Read more »