Africa

Contact CPJ Africa

Twitter: @CPJAfrica
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Africa Program Head:
Angela Quintal

Africa Program Coordinator:
Muthoki Mumo

Senior Africa Researcher:
Jonathan Rozen

Tel: 212-465-1004
Fax: 212-214-0640

Knight Foundation Press Freedom Center
P.O. Box 2675
New York, NY 10108 USA

  
FILE - Traffic and pedestrians fill a street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nov. 3, 2022.

Ethiopian police raid Addis Standard, detain 3 managers

Nairobi, April 22, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by Ethiopian police raids on the privately owned news outlet Addis Standard’s office and an employee’s home, their confiscation of electronic devices, and detention of three managers for several hours. “The Addis Standard raids are the latest moves in the Ethiopian government’s campaign to silence…

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Émérite Amisi Musada

DRC journalist Émérite Amisi Musada reports being abducted, tortured over war coverage

Kinshasa, April 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the mistreatment of Congolese journalist Émérite Amisi Musada, who was abducted by men in civilian clothes on April 15 after being threatened over his reporting on the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and calls for authorities to hold those responsible to account. Four…

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Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama waves at his inauguration on January 7, 2025.

CPJ urges Ghana’s President Mahama to reverse impunity, improve press freedom

On his 100th day in office, the Committee to Protect Journalists urged Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama to ensure swift and conclusive investigations into cases of attacks against the press, to reform laws that criminalize journalism, and to protect journalists’ privacy. In its April 17 letter, CPJ requested Mahama to take steps to deliver justice…

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Simon Faye

Journalists arrested in Senegal as prime minister announces ‘zero tolerance’ for false news

Dakar, April 16, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to stop the legal harassment of journalists and to deliver on President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye’s promise to decriminalize press offenses. A Dakar court judge charged Zik Fm editor-in-chief Simon Pierre Faye with spreading false news on April 14 and released him under judicial control. On the same…

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Alfousseini Togo

Malian journalist detained after criticizing Ministry of Justice

Dakar, April 15, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malian authorities to immediately release journalist Alfousseini Togo after he was arrested and detained April 9 on charges of undermining the state. “Alfousseini Togo’s arrest and detention for criticizing the judiciary sends a chilling signal to the entire Malian press, which is already suffering under the threat of government…

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Ethiopian Broadcasting Service's founder Amman Fissehazion

At least 7 journalists detained in Ethiopia on terror allegations

Nairobi, April 9, 2025—Ethiopian authorities should drop terrorism investigations into at least seven journalists from the privately owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS) who were detained over what authorities said was a fabricated documentary, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Police arrested the journalists over a March 23 episode of “Addis Meiraf,” which has since…

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Blessed Mhlanga

Zimbabwean journalist Blessed Mhlanga denied bail for 3rd time

Lusaka, April 8, 2025—Zimbabwean authorities should stop their victimization of broadcast journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who, after 43 days in jail, was denied bail for the third time on Monday, and must ensure that charges against him are dropped immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Mhlanga, a journalist for privately owned Heart and Soul Television,…

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Wave FM Zambia journalist Hope Chooma was attacked by ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) supporters while covering a charity event in the southern town of Mazabuka.

Zambian journalist attacked, facing criminal charges after covering ruling party supporters

Lusaka, April 8, 2025—Zambian authorities should drop all charges against Wave FM Zambia journalist Hope Chooma and direct resources to holding to account those responsible for assaulting him and threatening Byta FM reporter Robert Haloba, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On March 7, Chooma was attacked by ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) supporters while covering a charity event in the southern town of Mazabuka, with police…

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Boukari Ouoba, Luc Pagbelguem, Guézouma Sanogo

3 detained Burkina Faso journalists appear in videos wearing military uniforms

Dakar, April 4, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Burkina Faso to release recently detained journalists Guézouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem after they appeared in military uniform in videos posted on social media. “The video showing detained Burkinabe journalists Guézouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem wearing military uniforms reinforces…

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President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio addresses the "Summit of the Future" in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado

Sierra Leone’s counterterrorism bill called ‘significant threat to press freedom’

Abuja, March 31, 2025–Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio should not sign the country’s counterterrorism bill into law and must ensure any new legislation will not be used to target the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. “President Julius Maada Bio should not assent to Sierra Leone’s terror bill without ensuring that sections hostile…

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