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 »

Burundi: Burundi Regulator Warns Iwacu Press Group After Police Assault 2 of Outlet's Journalists

Burundian authorities must desist from intimidating the independent news outlet Iwacu Press Group and swiftly investigate recent police attacks on two of the outlet's journalists,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Church Members Assault DRC Journalists Néhémie Paluku and Esaïe Mbusa

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should ensure a credible investigation into the June 3 assaults on reporters Esaïe Mbusa and Néhémie Paluku,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Journalist Tatiana Osango Assaulted After Interview Criticizing DRC President

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should impartially investigate the June 5 assault of broadcast journalist Tatiana Osango and ensure those responsible are held… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Police Briefly Detain Journalist Sandiso Phaliso, Force Him to Delete Crime Scene Photographs

South African police arrested freelance journalist Sandiso Phaliso while he was photographing a crime scene in the country's legislative capital of Cape Town on April 25 and held… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Journalist Makawi Mohamed Ahmed and Brother Killed During RSF Attack

The Committee to Protect Journalists is shocked by reports that journalist Makawi Mohamed Ahmed, a reporter at the official state news agency of Sudan (SUNA), and his brother… Read more »

Sudan: CPJ Urges Investigation Into Killing of Sudanese Journalist Razek, 3 Family Members After RSF Raid

The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Sudanese authorities to launch a full investigation into the killing of journalist Muawiya Abdel Razek, hold those responsible to… Read more »

Sudan: CPJ Calls for Immediate Release of Sudanese Journalist Tariq Abdallah

The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) detained journalist Tariq Abdallah almost two weeks ago,… Read more »

Cameroon: CPJ Alarmed By Cameroonian Authorities' Use of Administrative Detention Law

The Committee to Protect Journalists is highly concerned by a Cameroonian administrator's use of a law granting him the ability to indefinitely detain journalist Engelbert Mfomo in… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Regulator Suspends Bosolo TV Program Over Election Commentary

On May 15, 2024, the Democratic Republic of Congo's media regulator, the Superior Audiovisual and Communications Council, known by its French acronym CSAC, ordered the privately… Read more »

Eritrea: CPJ Joins Call for Renewing Mandate of UN Special Rapporteur On Eritrea

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday joined 30 other non-governmental organizations in urging member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council to… Read more »

Guinea: Guinea Revokes Broadcast Licenses of 6 Media Outlets

Guinean authorities should immediately reinstate the media licenses for six blocked outlets and allow them to resume broadcasting freely after months of censorship, the Committee… Read more »

Tunisia: Tunis Court Sentences 2 Journalists to 1 Year in Prison, Prevents Hearing Coverage

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release radio journalists Borhen Bssais and Mourad Zghidi after a Tunis court… Read more »

Uganda: Opposition Leader's Bodyguards Assault, Harass Three Journalists

Ugandan authorities should thoroughly investigate and hold to account those responsible for attacking journalists Zainab Namusaazi, Gertrude Mutyaba, and Magaret Kayondo, the… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Journalist Jamil Mabai Detained By Religious Police While Seeking Interview

Nigerian authorities should swiftly and comprehensively investigate the detention of freelance journalist Jamil Mabai by religious police in northern Katsina State and hold them to… Read more »