Africa
2018
Africa documents by Year:
In Burundi, three journalists attacked and prevented from covering protest
September 6, 2018 12:00 PM ET
Police on August 27 allegedly attacked three journalists with the privately owned station Radio Culture and prevented them from reporting on a land dispute in Ngagara, a neighborhood in the capital, Bujumbura, according to two of the journalists and a Facebook post by SOS Médias Burundi, a collective of...
Benin newspaper suspended over its critical reporting of the president
September 5, 2018 10:35 AM ET
Goma, September 5, 2018--Authorities in Benin should immediately reverse an order to suspend indefinitely the privately owned daily, La Nouvelle Tribune, and allow it to continue operating without interference, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Ghanaian journalist abducted and beaten over critical story on opposition politician
August 31, 2018 5:19 PM ET
New York, August 31, 2018--Ghanaian authorities should thoroughly investigate and bring to justice all those responsible for an attack on Jerry Azanduna, a reporter with the government-funded Ghana News Agency (GNA), and ensure his belongings are returned, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Nigeria's Fresh FM radio station partially demolished following critical reporting
August 27, 2018 5:56 PM ET
Fresh FM, a privately owned radio station based in Ibadan city, in Nigeria's southwestern Oyo state, was partially demolished by bulldozer during the early hours of August 19, 2018, upon the order of the Oyo state government, Samson Akindele, head of news for Fresh FM, and David Ajiboye, station...
Ugandan police arrest and detain radio presenter overnight
August 27, 2018 2:50 PM ET
Ugandan police on August 17, 2018 detained Samuel Kyambadde, a political show host and news presenter with the privately owned Metro FM, on allegations that he incited violence during his program, Kyambadde told CPJ on August 22. The journalist was released on bond the following day and is required...
Ugandan security forces attack and detain journalists covering protests
August 23, 2018 2:27 PM ET
Nairobi, August 23, 2018--Security forces beat and detained at least four journalists covering protests in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on August 20, and confiscated or damaged their equipment. CPJ today condemned the attacks and called on Ugandan authorities to hold those responsible to account....
Tanzania police detain journalist overnight on allegations of unlawful assembly
August 21, 2018 3:21 PM ET
Nairobi, August 21, 2018--Police in Tanzania should drop allegations of illegal assembly against Sitta Tumma, a journalist who was arrested on August 8 and detained overnight, and investigate allegations that he was assaulted by security personnel, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Two Congolese journalists arrested for investigating land dispute
August 17, 2018 5:12 PM ET
Two journalists, Yolande Kusaya and Cédrick Kidimbu, with the privately owned Radio Lisanga Télévision (RLTV) were arrested in Nsele municipality of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 17, 2018, and detained for four days at the prosecutor's office in Kinkole, a suburb northeast...
Ugandan security personnel arrest, assault journalists covering electoral unrest
August 17, 2018 11:58 AM ET
Nairobi, August 17, 2018-- Authorities in Uganda should immediately drop charges of incitement and malicious damage to property against two journalists and investigate allegations that security personnel on August 13 and August 14 assaulted members of the press reporting on political unrest in northern Uganda's Arua District, the Committee...
Nigerian journalist jailed for refusing to reveal source
August 16, 2018 6:32 PM ET
New York, August 16, 2018--Nigerian police should immediately release journalist Samuel Ogundipe, drop all charges against him, and cease efforts to pressure him to reveal any journalistic sources, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....