Senegal: Senegalese Commentator Detained Under 'False News' Claims

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to immediately release news commentator Bachir Fofana after a judge ordered on July 2 that Fofana remain in… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Authorities Arrest Newspaper Editor On Charges of Insulting the President

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zimbabwean authorities to release newspaper editor Faith Zaba, who was arrested on July 1. She is facing charges of "undermining or… Read more »

Tunisia: Tunisia Adds 2 More Years to Jailed Commentator Sonia Dahmani's Sentence

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of Tunisian media commentator Sonia Dahmani, who was sentenced on June 30 to an additional two years in prison… Read more »

Algeria: Algeria Sentences French Sports Journalist to Seven Years in Prison

Algerian authorities must immediately release freelance French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Military Detains Journalist Serge Sindani for Warplane Tweet

A senior military officer of the Congolese armed forces arrested Serge Sindani, a defense reporter and director of the privately owned website Kis24.info, on Tuesday, June 24, for… Read more »

Egypt: CPJ, Others Call On Egypt to End Transnational Repression Against Exiled Journalists

In a joint statement, led by the Committee to Protect Journalists, 25 press freedom and human rights organizations called on the Egyptian government to end its transnational… Read more »

Kenya: Live Coverage of Protests Banned in Kenya, At Least 2 Journalists Injured

The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by Kenyan authorities' Wednesday ban on live coverage of deadly protests, in which at least two journalists were injured, and the… Read more »

Zambia: CPJ Alarmed By Zambian Bill Proposing Jail for Unlicensed Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday expressed alarm at a Zambian bill that could jail journalists who work without a license for up to five years if it were to become… Read more »

Togo: France 24 and RFI Broadcasters Suspended in Togo for 3 Months

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Togolese authorities to rescind a three-month broadcasting ban on France 24 television network and Radio France Internationale (RFI)… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Journalist Detained, 3 Others Questioned Over Report On Stadium's Sanitation

The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the three-day detention of RTNC journalist Willy-Albert Kande and interrogation of colleagues Marcelin Mwananteba, Don Kubutana,… Read more »

Togo: Togo Detains TV5 Monde Journalist, Forces Deletion of Protest Videos

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Togolese authorities to investigate and hold accountable the gendarmes who detained journalist Flore Monteau and forced her to delete… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Detains Prominent Journalist Despite Court-Ordered Bail

Ethiopian authorities should immediately release journalist Tesfalem Waldyes, founder and editor-in-chief of the privately owned news outlet Ethiopia Insider, the Committee to… Read more »

Egypt: Egyptian Journalist Rasha Qandeel Charged With Spreading 'False News' After Political Reports.

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to end the prosecution of journalist Rasha Qandeel, who was summoned May 25, interrogated, and charged with… Read more »

Eritrea: CPJ, 31 Others Call for UN Scrutiny of Eritrea's Human Rights Record

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 31 Other non-governmental organizations in calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to condemn grave human rights violations… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Journalist Shot By Police Officer While Covering Insecurity Protest

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must identify and hold to account the police officer who shot journalist Samy Kambere Malikidogo while covering a public… Read more »

Central African Republic: Central African Republic Journalist Landry Ulrich Nguéma Ngokpélé Detained

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Central African Republic to drop their prosecution of journalist Landry Ulrich Nguéma… Read more »

Liberia: In Liberia, Armed Men Attack Smile FM Employee, Police Shutter Station for 2 Weeks

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Liberian authorities to swiftly investigate the May 5 raid on Smile FM by a dozen armed men who beat a member of staff and occupied… Read more »

Central African Republic: Central African Republic Journalist Landry Ulrich Nguéma Ngokpélé Detained

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Central African Republic to drop their prosecution of journalist Landry Ulrich Nguéma… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Photojournalist Al-Shykh Al-Samany Saadaldyn Killed in Drone Strike

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an investigation into the May 18 killing of Sudanese freelance photojournalist Al-Shykh Al-Samany Saadaldyn Mousa Abdulla, also known… Read more »

Somalia: 'Alarming Escalation' - At Least 41 Journalists Targeted Since March in Somalia

Somali security personnel have arrested, assaulted, or harassed at least 41 private-media journalists since mid-March, in what local press rights groups have called a "painful… Read more »

Niger: 3 Nigerien Journalists Detained After Broadcast On Russia Military Cooperation

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerien authorities to swiftly and unconditionally release journalists Hamid Mahmoud, Massaouda Jaharou, and Mahaman Sani, with the… Read more »

Senegal: Senegal Supreme Court Upholds Journalist René Capain Bassène's Lifetime Prison Sentence

Senegalese authorities should end the persecution of journalist René Capain Bassène, whose lifetime prison sentence was upheld by the Senegal Supreme Court in a May 3… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Journalist Hassan Fadl Al-Mawla Mousa Killed As RSF Seize Town

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an investigation into the May 2 killing of Sudanese journalist Hassan Fadl Al-Mawla Mousa, who was shot dead as the paramilitary… Read more »

Morocco: Morocco Deports 2 Journalists Trying to Enter Western Sahara

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Moroccan authorities to stop suppressing independent reporting from the occupied Western Sahara, after two Italian freelance… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Journalist Emtithal Abdel Fadil Detained for 3 Days, Banned From Travel

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Sudan's military to lift its travel ban on Emtithal Abdel Fadil, a reporter for the local independent Al-Jarida newspaper, which the… Read more »