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A police officer guards a camp of internally displaced persons in Mogadishu. (AFP/Tony Karumba)

Journalist arrested for interviewing reported rape victim

January 11, 2013 2:26 PM EST

Nairobi, January 11, 2013–Somali authorities should immediately release a freelance journalist who has been in custody in Mogadishu since Thursday for interviewing a woman who claimed she was raped by government soldiers, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Tanzanian journalist found murdered in forest

January 9, 2013 5:32 PM EST

Nairobi, January 9, 2013–A journalist was found murdered in northwestern Tanzania on Tuesday, three days after he went missing from his home, according to local journalists and local reports.

DRC soldiers attack Radio Tujenge Kabambare

January 9, 2013 4:55 PM EST

New York, January 9, 2013–Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should bring to account soldiers involved in a raid on a radio station in the eastern town of Kabambare, and the arbitrary detention and beating of two of the station’s journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Abdoulie John is being detained without charge. (Abdoulie John)

Gambia’s NIA harasses, detains journalist without charge

January 9, 2013 3:45 PM EST

Abuja, Nigeria, January 9, 2013–Gambian authorities should immediately release Abdoulie John, a journalist who has been detained without charge in Banjul since Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. John has been harassed by the Gambian National Intelligence Agency since early December, news reports said. John, editor of the online news website Jollof News…

Ethiopian judge rejects Reeyot Alemu’s final appeal

January 8, 2013 5:58 PM EST

In a ruling that lasted five minutes, a new judge appointed to the Ethiopian Court of Cassation in the capital, Addis Ababa, rejected on January 8, 2012, an appeal filed on behalf of award-winning journalist Reeyot Alemu, according to local journalists.

Hassan Ruvakuki attends court in October 2012 to appeal his life sentence. (AFP/Esdras Ndikumana)

Burundian court reduces journalist’s jail term

January 8, 2013 3:51 PM EST

Nairobi, January 8, 2013–An appeals court in Burundi today dropped terrorism charges against jailed journalist Hassan Ruvakuki and reduced his sentence from life to three years in prison, according to local journalists and news reports.

Malawian journalist assaulted during radio interview

January 7, 2013 5:32 PM EST

Nairobi, January 7, 2013–Malawian authorities must immediately investigate the reported assault of a radio journalist who said he was punched by a business leader angered by an interview question.

In Ghana, journalists attacked after presidential elections

January 7, 2013 2:48 PM EST

Several journalists reported being attacked in the aftermath of Ghana’s contested presidential elections on December 7, 2012, according to CPJ interviews, news reports, and local press freedom organizations.

In South Sudan, two journalists detained in Wau

January 4, 2013 4:28 PM EST

Nairobi, January 4, 2013–Authorities in South Sudan have been holding two state broadcast journalists without charge since Tuesday, according to local journalists and media reports. The journalists were picked up in a sweep of arrests following protests and ethnic clashes last month in the northwestern town of Wau in Western Bahr el Ghazal State.

Senegalese journalist handed suspended prison sentence

January 3, 2013 6:34 PM EST

On December 18, 2012, a judge convicted editor El Malick Seck of weekly news magazine L’Exclusif of criminal defamation over a column critical of Sidy Lamine Niasse, the chief executive of private media group Walf, according to news reports.