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Journalists working for state media protest Tuesday in front of the Communications Ministry in Ouagadougou against authorities' meddling in their work. (AFP/Ahmed Ouoba)

Burkina Faso state media journalists protest censorship

July 16, 2013 2:25 PM EDT

In Burkina Faso, tens of journalists from state media today held a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Communications in the capital Ouagadougou to protest what they deem to be excessive government censorship of news coverage.

A bid to rid Africa of criminal defamation, sedition laws

July 12, 2013 3:48 PM EDT

The African Union’s special rapporteur on freedom of expression and access to information, Commissioner Pansy Tlakula, has launched an auspicious initiative in East Africa to counter criminal defamation and sedition laws. Since independence, authorities and business interests in the East and Horn region have used criminal laws on sedition, libel, and insult–often relics of former,…

Amended Gambian media law restricts Internet freedom

July 10, 2013 3:01 PM EDT

Abuja, Nigeria, July 10, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an amendment to a media law adopted by the Gambian parliament that imposes lengthy prison sentences and heavy fines on individuals who use the Internet in any capacity to criticize government officials.

Two journalists detained without charge in Zambia

July 9, 2013 4:49 PM EDT

Cape Town, South Africa, July 9, 2013–Zambian authorities should release two journalists who have been detained since early Tuesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Ivory Coast police interrogate journalists over sources

July 9, 2013 1:27 PM EDT

Police in the economic capital of Abidjan summoned two journalists with the weekly L’Eléphant déchaîné on June 28, 2013, and interrogated them for more than six hours, Agence France-Presse reported, citing their lawyer.

Liban Abdullahi was shot dead on Sunday. (Garoornews Online)

Gunmen kill Somali broadcast journalist in Puntland

July 8, 2013 11:50 AM EDT

Nairobi, July 8, 2013–Two unidentified gunmen killed TV reporter Liban Abdullahi on Sunday evening in Galkayo, a central town in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, according to local journalists and news reports.

Mohamed Ahmed Jama is attacked in April, imprisoned in July. (Hubaal Media Network)

In Somaliland, Hubaal journalists sentenced to jail

July 3, 2013 2:19 PM EDT

Nairobi, July 3, 2013–A court in the capital of the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland today convicted the manager and editor of the independent daily Hubaal of defamation and sentenced them to prison. Hubaal’s editor, Hussein Hassan Abdullahi, received two years, while the paper’s manager, Mohamed Ahmed Jama, was sentenced to one year in jail on…

Gabon suspends 3 newspapers

July 1, 2013 6:13 PM EDT

Gabon’s state-run media regulatory agency, the National Communications Council, suspended three newspapers on May 29, 2013, according to news reports.

Authorities re-filed forgery charges against these two Leadership journalists. (Courtesy Leadership)

Nigeria re-files charges against Leadership journalists

June 27, 2013 4:59 PM EDT

Abuja, Nigeria, June 27, 2013–Nigerian authorities should stop the legal harassment of journalists in connection with a critical story about President Goodluck Jonathan’s political plans, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A reporter and editor for the Nigerian daily Leadership, and a representative of the Leadership parent company, were arraigned in court today and…

Guinean journalists report being attacked in Conakry

June 27, 2013 3:49 PM EDT

At least four journalists were attacked in separate episodes on June 19, 2013, amid clashes in the Guinean capital, Conakry, between opposition militants and supporters of President Alpha Condé, according to CPJ interviews and news reports. The clashes erupted between opposition groups, mostly of Peul ethnicity, and the Guinean ruling party, mostly of Malinke ethnicity,…