Mauritania: Group Calls On Govt to Free Blogger

H.E. Mohamedoun Daddah Read more »

Egypt: Cairo Expels New York Times Correspondent, Detains Local Journalist On False News Charges

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns yesterday's detention and expulsion of New York Times correspondent David D. Kirkpatrick and the ongoing detention of Egyptian… Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland Court Suspends Newspaper for One Year for Publishing 'False News'

The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed deep concern about a one-year suspension imposed by a Somaliland court on the privately owned Foore newspaper, and called on… Read more »

Liberia: Radio Station Transmitter Attacked Twice in 10 Days

The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Liberian authorities to ensure that those responsible for two recent attacks on independent broadcaster Roots FM are swiftly… Read more »

Cameroon: Reporter Attacked With Knife Outside His Home

Cameroonian authorities should immediately investigate an attack on Paul Chouta, a reporter for the privately owned news website Cameroon Web, and ensure that those who assaulted… Read more »

Liberia: Q&A - Rodney Sieh On How Liberia's Press Is Faring Under Weah Presidency

Rodney Sieh, editor-in-chief and publisher of Liberian investigative outlet FrontPageAfrica, knows first-hand the harassment and risks critical journalists in his country face. In… Read more »

Cameroon: Journalists Detained While Covering Opposition Gathering

Authorities in Cameroon should immediately release journalists Théodore Tchopa and David Eyengue Nzima, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The two journalists,… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Arrests Six Critical Journalists As Protests Continue

The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Sudanese authorities to release at least six journalists who have been detained in recent days after covering widespread… Read more »

Egypt: Egyptian TV Presenter Sentenced to Prison for Interview With Gay Man

Egyptian authorities should drop all charges against TV presenter Mohamed al-Gheiti and stop their relentless campaign against journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists… Read more »

Libya: Libyan Photojournalist Killed By Shelling During Tripoli Clashes

The killing of freelancer Mohamed Ben Khalifa in Libya underscores the dangers for photojournalists working in conflict zones, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Ben… Read more »

Sudan: As Anti-Bashir Protests Continue, Sudan Revokes Credentials of Foreign Press

Washington, D.C. January 22, 2019--Sudanese authorities yesterday revoked the credentials of at least six journalists working for international news outlets, including Qatar-based… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Responds to Anti-Bashir Coverage With Censorship and Arrests

"We were all journalists, so we went to work. We wrote about what happened to us that day," Ashraf Abdelaziz, editor-in-chief of the privately owned al-Jarida daily told me over… Read more »

Ghana: Investigative Journalist Ahmed Divela Shot Dead

Authorities in Ghana should immediately investigate the killing of journalist Ahmed Hussein Suale Divela and ensure that threats against the press are taken seriously, the… Read more »

Mozambique: Journalist Arrested, Held in Military Prison

Mozambique's military should immediately release Amade Abubacar, a community radio journalist for the state-owned Rádio e Televisao Comunitária Nacedje de Macomia in… Read more »

Nigeria: Release Daily Trust Editor Immediately - CPJ

Nigerian authorities should immediately release Uthman Abubakar, an editor of the privately owned Daily Trust, return equipment seized in raids on the paper's offices, and cease… Read more »

Lesotho: Military Spokesman Threatens Investigative Journalist

Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane must repudiate threats made by the military against Lesotho Times investigative journalist Pascalinah Kabi and ensure that the press can function… Read more »

Cameroon: CPJ Calls On Cameroon's Biya to Release Critically Ill Journalist

His Excellency Paul Biya Read more »

Tanzania: CPJ Calls for Credible Investigation Into Tanzanian Journalist

One year after freelance journalist Azory Gwanda disappeared in Tanzania, the Committee to Protect Journalists reiterated its call for a credible investigation and public… Read more »

Tanzania: Angela Quintal Recounts CPJ's Ordeal in Tanzania

"We drove down a dirt road and entered the premises of what appeared to be a safe house, through a large gate. Several men in plain clothes stood in the front yard. At least one… Read more »

Cameroon: CPJ calls on Govt to Release and Drop Charges Against Mimi Mefo

Authorities in Cameroon should immediately release and drop all charges against Mimi Mefo, the head of English news and a presenter for the privately owned Equinoxe television and… Read more »

Africa: CPJ Outraged At Tanzania's Treatment of Its Africa Program Team

The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed indignation at statements from Tanzanian authorities and South Africa's foreign minister justifying the detention of CPJ's Africa… Read more »

Cameroon: Authorities summon journalist Mimi Mefo

Authorities in Cameroon should halt their intimidation of journalist Mimi Mefo and ensure that she can work safely without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Journalist Jailed for Criminal Defamation

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should immediately release Tharcisse Zongia, editor-in-chief of the satirical weekly Grognon, who was jailed on September 6 in… Read more »

Burundi: In Burundi, Three Journalists Attacked and Prevented From Covering Protest

Police on August 27 allegedly attacked three journalists with the privately owned station Radio Culture and prevented them from reporting on a land dispute in Ngagara, a… Read more »

Ghana: Ghanaian Journalist Abducted and Beaten Over Critical Story On Opposition Politician

Ghanaian authorities should thoroughly investigate and bring to justice all those responsible for an attack on Jerry Azanduna, a reporter with the government-funded Ghana News… Read more »