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March 18
Malawi: Death of Juma's General Secretary Charles Mkula
According to a statement issued by JUMA, Charles succumbed to a liver failure. He was buried on Tuesday, 12 March, at Chipande Village, Traditional Authority Malemia in Zomba,… Read more »
February 07
Senegal: Crackdown On Media After Election Delay
According to a statement issued by SYNPICS, 'this iniquitous decision is an unprecedented violation of press freedom' and an attack on the right to work of the employees of… Read more »
January 22
Guinea: Journalists Raided and Arrested By Security Forces
"Authorities have imposed restrictions on non-official media, with social media networks and private radio stations cut off, news websites interrupted or suspended and journalists… Read more »
September 26, 2023
Gambia: Journalist Charged With 'Interference With Witness'
According to a press release issued by the GPU, Mankajang's whereabouts were unknown until the journalist' relatives confirmed visiting him in a police cell in the town of… Read more »
August 18, 2023
Somalia: Journalist Arrested After Exposing Alleged Corruption Within Police
The IFJ-affiliate noted that the detained journalist is being singled out due to the performance of his journalistic duties and was operating well within the framework of his… Read more »
August 08, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzania - Journalists Assaulted While Covering Political Rally
According to a statement issued by JOWUTA, party militants "beat and stole the phones of the [mentioned] journalists", who were reporting on the preparations for a public rally of… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Senegal: Senegal - Walf TV Broadcast Programmes Suspended for 30 Days
The broadcast programmes of Walf TV, a privately owned television station have been suspended for 30 days following the cutting off of the signal of the television station on 1… Read more »
May 17, 2023
Lesotho: Investigative Radio Journalist Shot Dead
According to local reports from Lesotho, Joki, who was known for his reporting on corruption and organised crime, was driving out of the radio station premises shortly after… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Africa: GJA Wins Bid to Host Third African Media Convention in Accra
The successful bid of the GJA to host the next Convention was announced during the Second Africa Media Convention which was held in Lusaka, Zambia from 11 - 13 May 2023. Read more »
May 10, 2023
Cameroon: Journalist Shot Dead
The 26 year-old worked as Regional Bureau Chief of weekly newspaper, The Advocate. He was a sports journalist with the Kick442 website and reported for the radio station Dream FM. Read more »
April 03, 2023
Burkina Faso: Two French Journalists Expelled Amid Crackdown On Foreign Media
Correspondents Sophie Douce and Agnès Faivre left the capital, Ouagadougou, on 1 April, and arrived in Paris the next day, after being notified of their expulsion by the… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Somalia: Journalist Killed in Mogadishu Car Bomb Explosions
Hassan is the second journalist to be assassinated in Somalia this year, after reporter Ahmed Mohamed Shukur was killed in a landmine blast on September 30. Read more »
May 03, 2011
Eritrea: Journalists Call on Afewerki to Release Detainees
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined its African group, the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) to mark World Press Freedom Day by sending a letter to… Read more »
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