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Fishermen rest in the Gambian city Banjul, April 19, 2017. (Reuters/Luc Gnago)

Gambia’s Daily Observer newspaper closed for two weeks

June 23, 2017 4:44 PM EDT

Police and officials from the Gambia Revenue Agency (GRA) on June 14, 2017, shut down the Daily Observer newspaper and forced all staff from the publication to leave the office, saying the publication owed 17 million dalasi (U.S.$371,415) in unpaid taxes, Daily Observer Managing Director Pa Modou Mbowe told the Committee to Protect Journalists. The…

In this November 4, 2014, file photo, editor Rafael Marques de Morais smiles on a visit to Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP/Simon Allison)

Angolan journalists charged with crimes against state

June 23, 2017 3:29 PM EDT

New York, June 23, 2017–Angolan authorities should immediately drop all charges against journalists Rafael Marques de Morais and Mariano Bras Lourenco, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A Kenyan voter in Nairobi carries a copy of the Daily Nation newspaper as he waits to vote in the March 4, 2013, elections. The headline, "Never Again," refers to the post-election violence of 2007. (AP/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin)

Kenyan reporter detained for two days on bribery allegation

June 22, 2017 5:44 PM EDT

Police in Nairobi on June 18 arrested Sunday Nation journalist Walter Menya on charges of soliciting a bribe of 55,000 Kenyan shillings (U.S.$531) to “write a damaging story in The Nation newspaper,” according to a police statement. The amount he was alleged to have accepted was later changed to 50,000 Kenyan shillings (U.S.$482), according to…

Ugandans read a copy of the newspaper Red Pepper in Kampala, in this February 25, 2014, file photo. (AP/Rebecca Vassie)

Newspaper editor interrogated in Uganda

June 21, 2017 4:54 PM EDT

Nairobi, June 21, 2017–Ugandan authorities should cease investigation and intimidation of privately-owned daily newspaper Red Pepper editor Ben Byarabaha and four other publications, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A newspaper vendor straightens papers at his stand in Tanzania in September 2015. The country's Information Minister has imposed a 24-month ban on the weekly, Mawio. (AFP/Daniel Hayduk)

Tanzania imposes two-year publishing ban on newspaper

June 16, 2017 5:31 PM EDT

Nairobi, June 16, 2017–Tanzania should immediately revoke a publishing ban on Mawio, a privately owned weekly newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A young Kenyan listens to the news on the radio in this March 2013 file photo (Reuters/Joseph Okanga)

Kenyan journalist threatened and assaulted

June 8, 2017 6:11 PM EDT

New York, June 8, 2017–Kenyan authorities should credibly investigate and swiftly bring to justice those responsible for attacking and threatening Emmanuel Namisi, a broadcast journalist for the Royal Media group, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Charles Otu recovers in hospital in Abakaliki, Ebonyi, June 2, 2017. (Courtesy Charles Otu)

Nigerian publisher shot, second journalist badly beaten

June 7, 2017 5:02 PM EDT

New York, June 7, 2017–Nigerian authorities should swiftly bring to justice all those behind the beating of journalist Charles Otu and the shooting of publisher Samuel Nweze, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Court fines Benin media regulator for wrongfully closing broadcaster

June 2, 2017 4:07 PM EDT

A court in Benin on May 22, 2017, ordered the reopening of Sikka TV, which the High Authority for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC by its French acronym), the state’s broadcast regulator, had ordered closed in November 2016, according to media reports. The court also ordered HAAC to pay 50 million West African francs (U.S.$86,000) in…

Somaliland journalist held without charge for asking question at press conference

June 1, 2017 4:39 PM EDT

New York, June 1, 2017–Authorities in the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland should immediately release Mohamed Adan Dirir, the editor of the online news portal Horseed Media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Mohamed has been jailed without charge since Somaliland Health Minister Saleban Isee ordered police to arrest him after he asked a question…

Ethiopian high court convicts editor of inciting subversion

May 24, 2017 1:40 PM EDT

New York, May 24, 2017–The Ethiopian Federal High Court’s conviction of Getachew Shiferaw, editor of the news website Negere Ethiopia, on charges of inciting subversion is a further blow to press freedom in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.