Uganda: Uganda - Journalist Abducted and Detained By Security Agents

According to media reports, journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose was abducted by " unidentified plain-clothed men" after coming out from a radio talk show on the Constitutional Court's… Read more »

Uganda: Journalist Abducted and Detained By Security Agents

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns this act of intimidation and violence orchestrated to intimidate journalists and suppress media freedom and freedom of… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Judicial Intimidation Against Journalists' Leaders

This summons, issued without clear grounds and targeting a leading trade union figure, constitutes unacceptable pressure and a clear attempt to intimidate the entire journalistic… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia - Journalist Shot Dead in Kismayo

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in condemning this brutal killing and calling for an urgent… Read more »

Africa: Sierra Leone - Action Pledge to Tackle 'Unlawful and Abusive' Treatment of Journalists

More than 25% of journalists do not receive a monthly salary, 42% earn below the national minimum wage, just 8% receive medical benefits and almost half of all journalists are not… Read more »

Nigeria: Journalist Held for Over a Week On Defamation Charges

According to media reports, journalist Ahmed Isah Sakpe was summoned to the police station following a complaint lodged by a protocol officer attached to the Niger State Governor,… Read more »

Africa: IFJ Backs Calls On Government to Take Next Steps to Enhance Media Freedom

But the Federation also pledged to continue to support SLAJ's advocacy for further action to promote media freedom , especially with respect to Section 44 (2) of the Cyber Security… Read more »

Africa: Mali - Journalist Arrested for Criticising Foreign President

The military junta in Mali arrested prominent journalist Youssouf Sissoko under the country's cybercrime law, following the publication of an article in L'Alternance on 2 February.… Read more »

Mozambique: Journalist Survives Assassination Attempt

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Syndicato Nacional de Jornalistas (SNJ - Mozambique) in condemning in the strongest terms this barbaric… Read more »

Namibia: Journalist Forced Out of State House for Asking Question in the Public Interest

Journalist Jemima Beukes, who is also the secretary general of the Federation of Southern Africa Journalists (FESAJ) -- a regional body of the FAJ -- posted on Facebook that she… Read more »

Niger: Deutsche Welle Correspondent Arrested in Niamey

On 15 January the DW website published a report written by Tawasa about Nigerian refugees and migrants. The story published in the local Hausa dialect showed dozens of Nigerian… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya - African Journalists Forge Shared Continental Priorities for Just Transition and Information Integrity

Organised from December 18 to 20, 2025, the workshop opened with an in-depth examination of just transition in the African context. Participants analysed how climate change is… Read more »

Tunisia: Tunisia - IFJ and Faj Deepen Support for Tunisian Journalists On Climate Journalism and Just Transition

Funded by Mondiaal FNV, the activity formed part of broader continental efforts to strengthen the role of journalist unions in responding to the growing impact of climate change on… Read more »

Tanzania: Journalist Killed While Covering Post-Election Demonstrations

Following the general election in Tanzania in October 2025, in which incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan was re-elected with 97.66% of the vote, large-scale demonstrations… Read more »

Africa: Kenya-African Journalist Leaders Demonstrate Strong Commitment to Take Concrete Actions Against Gbvh in Newsrooms and the Field of Work

The continental seminar, held from 15-16 December 2025, brought together 16 female union leaders from the five regions of Africa as well as the members of the FAJ Gender Council to… Read more »

Africa: FAJ Calls for Urgent Protection Amidst Growing Threats Confronting African Journalists

FAJ and its affiliated journalist unions and associations continue to document intimidation, arbitrary detention, online harassment, censorship and physical attacks against… Read more »

Africa: 111 Journalists Killed This Year, According to the IFJ

Since 1990 and the launch of its annual Killed list, the IFJ has recorded 3,156 deaths worldwide, an average of 91 deaths per year, and 859 in the last ten years Read more »

Somalia: New Report Shows Increase of Online and Offline Violence Against Women Journalists

The NUSOJ has documented 79 cases of sexual and gender-based violence against women journalists in Somalia between 2023 and 2025. Read more »

Africa: Journalists Must Not Be a Target

Since the beginning of 2025, at least six journalists and media workers have been killed in relation to their work in Sudan, according to IFJ data. The RSF paramilitary group has… Read more »

Niger: Three Journalists Arrested On Cybercrime Charges

The international Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns, in the strongest terms possible, this continued pattern of repression and intimidation meted out by the country's… Read more »

Africa: Stop the Digital War On Women Journalists: FAJ Urges Action to End Impunity in Africa

The 2025 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) theme, "Chat GBV: Raising Awareness on AI-facilitated Gender-Based Violence against Women… Read more »

Africa: Nine Reporters Suspended By Media Authority

According to local media reports, the EMA sent a letter to Germany's international broadcaster on 23 October, claiming that the broadcaster and its local correspondents had… Read more »

Africa: Junta Must Stop Arbitrarily Detaining Journalists

On 14 October, Zawenmanogo Dieudonné Zoungrana, publishing director of Aujourd'hui Au Faso newspaper, was detained at his home by members of the National Intelligence… Read more »

Sudan: Journalist Killed By Paramilitary Group in El Fasher

Suleiman's home in the Al-Daraja Al-Ula neighbourhood of El Fasher was hit by a drone strike carried out by the RSF on 3 October, Al Jazeera reported. The journalist, who was… Read more »

Kenya: Journalist Abducted and Brutally Assaulted Over Investigative Report

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ), in condemning this act of brutality against a journalist who was simply… Read more »