November 11, 2024
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 »
November 04, 2024
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 »
October 31, 2024
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 »
October 30, 2024
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 »
October 25, 2024
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 »
October 23, 2024
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 »
October 21, 2024
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 »
October 18, 2024
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 »
October 16, 2024
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 »
October 15, 2024
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 »
October 10, 2024
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 »
October 09, 2024
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 »
October 08, 2024
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 »
October 07, 2024
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 »
October 04, 2024
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 »
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 »
October 03, 2024
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 »
October 02, 2024
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 »
September 24, 2024
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 »