Zambia: Zambia Suspends Independent TV Broadcaster for 30 Days

Zambia's minister of information and broadcasting should grant an appeal requested by the privately owned Prime TV broadcaster and allow the station back on air after the country's… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Must Release Filmmaker Zenzele Ndebele

State security today arrested documentary filmmaker Zenzele Ndebele and charged him with "possession of offensive weapons at public gatherings," under Section 43 of Zimbabwe's… Read more »

Ghana: Ghanaian Police Beat, Arrest Journalist Malik Sullemana

Authorities in Ghana should hold to account the police officers responsible for beating journalist Malik Sullemana, ensure a thorough investigation into their actions, and protect… Read more »

Southern Africa: CPJ Safety Advisory - Covering the Aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Idai in Southern Africa

Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall during the night of March 14 and 15 in the Sofala province of Mozambique. The storm continued inland, causing flooding across Mozambique and… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Congolese Journalist Jailed for One Year for Insulting Governor

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should not oppose journalist Steeve Mwanyo Iwewe's appeal of a year-long prison sentence for insulting a provincial governor, the… Read more »

Chad: CPJ Joins Calls to End Social Media Block in Chad

The Committee to Protect Journalists this week joined at least 79 rights organizations to urge African Union and United Nations experts to take action to end the government of… Read more »

Nigeria: Journalists Detained, Harassed, Assaulted While Covering State Elections

Nigerian authorities should investigate and hold accountable those responsible for the detention, harassment, and assault of journalists nationwide during the March 9 gubernatorial… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities Should Allow Jay FM in Jos, Pleateau State, to Broadcast

Nigerian authorities should lift the ban on Jay FM radio station in the city of Jos in Plateau state and stop trying to intimidate its staff, the Committee to Protect Journalists… Read more »

Nigeria: Journalist Arrested, Charged Under Cybercrime Law

Nigerian authorities should immediately drop charges against journalist Obinna Don Norman, release him from prison, and reform the 2015 cybercrime act to ensure it is not used to… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Journalist Detained in Undisclosed Location for Weeks Without Charges

Sudanese authorities must immediately release journalist Osman Mirghani from detention or clarify his whereabouts and the charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists… Read more »

South Africa: Journalist Doxxed By Economic Freedom Fighters Leader, Threatened

The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed grave concern about threats and harassment against veteran South African journalist Karima Brown--allegedly by supporters of… Read more »

Ethiopia: Two Journalists Detained, Attacked in Ethiopia

Two journalists with the privately owned online news outlet Mereja TV were briefly detained by regional police and then attacked by a mob in Legetafo, a town in Ethiopia's Oromia… Read more »

Tanzania: Group Calls for Lifting of Newspaper Ban

Authorities in Tanzania should lift a seven-day publication ban on the privately owned newspaper The Citizen and allow journalists to report on matters of public interest freely,… Read more »

Chad: Publisher Handed Suspended Jail Term for Critical Reporting On President's Brother

Deli Nestor, publisher of the privately owned semi-weekly investigative newspaper Eclairage in Chad, was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence by a criminal court in… Read more »

Mauritania: Group Calls On Govt to Free Blogger

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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 »