October 30, 2025
Angola: CPJ, Partners Urge Angola to Amend Draft Law On False Information
The Committee to Protect Journalists and 37 other media and human rights groups have written to the Angolan Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies, and Media,… Read more »
Sudan: CPJ Calls for Protection of Journalists in Sudan's El-Fasher, Immediate Release of Those Abducted
The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by reports emerging from El-Fasher in Sudan's North Darfur state, which the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has… Read more »
October 29, 2025
Senegal: Five Journalists Arrested in Raids On Senegal's 7tv and Rfm Broadcasters
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to immediately release two journalists arrested in an October 28-29, 2025, crackdown on two outlets -- 7TV and… Read more »
October 27, 2025
Sudan: Sudanese Journalist Muammar Ibrahim Detained By the RSF in El-Fasher
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that freelance Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim was detained by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the paramilitary… Read more »
October 21, 2025
Ethiopia: 'Stop Filming, or I Will Shoot' - Ethiopian Journalists Targeted in Tigray Turmoil
Almost three years after Ethiopia's civil war ended, Tigray remains tense and dangerous for journalists, who have been shot at, detained, raided, and swept up in a local power… Read more »
Madagascar: At Least 4 Journalists Shot, Assaulted in Madagascar Protests
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Madagascar to investigate those responsible for shooting two journalists and assaulting two others covering protests in… Read more »
October 10, 2025
South Africa: Top South African Cop Calls for Spy Probe Into Media, Jailing of Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's doubling down on his call for lawmakers to endorse the… Read more »
October 09, 2025
Egypt: Egypt Sentences Commentator Abdel Khaleq Farouk to 5 Years in Prison
The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by the five-year prison sentence handed down to Egyptian economic commentator Abdel Khaleq Farouk, convicted of joining a terrorist… Read more »
September 11, 2015
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Government Bans Screening of Documentary On Rape
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on September 3, 2015, that it had banned the screening of a documentary about rape and a doctor who treats rape victims. Read more »
November 05, 2013
Ethiopia: Address Plight of Jailed Journalists, Says Advocacy Group
As media leaders and officials of regional institutions gather in Addis Ababa this week for the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF), the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on… Read more »
August 23, 2012
Ethiopia: In Ethiopia, Feteh Editor Jailed During Trial
Ethiopian authorities must immediately release Temesghen Desalegn, editor of the leading weekly Feteh, who was ordered jailed today pending his trial on defamation, the Committee… Read more »
January 25, 2006
Zimbabwe: 'Voice of the People' Trustees Charged With Broadcasting Without a License
Six trustees of the independent news production company Voice of the People were charged today with broadcasting without a license, which carries a potential two-year prison… Read more »
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