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In Somalia, police claim questions in reported killing

April 5, 2013 11:24 AM EDT

New York, April 5, 2013–Police in Somalia say they have been holding a woman in custody for much of this week after they say questions were raised about the veracity of reports that a journalist was fatally shot in Mogadishu on March 24.

Freelance Togolese journalist attacked in hit-and-run

April 4, 2013 4:59 PM EDT

Lagos, Nigeria, April 4, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in Togo to investigate an apparently deliberate hit-and-run attack Wednesday on freelance photojournalist and videographer Koffi Djidonou Frédéric Attipou.

The National Communications Council suspended Ruben Malick Djoumbissie, host of Canal 2tective, for three months. The investigative TV show has been banned indefinitely. (Canal 2 International)

Cameroon bans five broadcast programs, suspends hosts

April 3, 2013 6:20 PM EDT

New York, April 3, 2013–In a wave of censorship, Cameroon has indefinitely banned two TV programs for what regulators considered violent content and another three radio programs on vague charges of ethics violations, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the move, which also includes the suspension of at least seven journalists.

Malian journalist Boukary Daou released on bail

April 2, 2013 2:44 PM EDT

New York, April 2, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s decision by a judge in Mali to grant bail to a journalist who was jailed for 27 days in connection with his paper’s publication of a letter critical of a military leader. CPJ calls on the public prosecutor to drop the charges against Boukary…

Kenyan reporter, 27, found dead in his home

April 1, 2013 4:15 PM EDT

Nairobi, April 1, 2013–A correspondent for The Star daily newspaper was found dead Sunday morning in his house in the coastal city of Mombasa, local journalists told CPJ. A housemate found reporter Bernard Wesonga with blood on his nose and mouth at around 11:30 a.m., Star Deputy Editor Charles Kerich said.

CPJ launches Somali Security Guide

April 1, 2013 1:01 PM EDT

Last week, two gunmen waited near the home of a young Somali journalist, Rahmo Abdulkadir, who had recently returned to the capital from the Galgadud district in central Somalia where she worked as a reporter for Radio Abudwaq (Worshipper). According to local journalists, 25-year-old Rahmo had just left an Internet café in Mogadishu around 9:30…

Cameroonian journalist jailed on defamation charge

March 28, 2013 5:02 PM EDT

New York, March 28, 2013–An appellate court in Cameroon should overturn the defamation conviction and jail sentence handed to a newspaper editor on Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Seleka fighters cruise a neighborhood in Bangui. (AFP/Sia Kambou)

In Central African Republic, rebel forces ransack outlets

March 26, 2013 5:27 PM EDT

New York, March 26, 2013–At least two news outlets were raided in the Central African Republic on Sunday when rebel groups ousted the president from power, according to news reports and local press freedom groups.

Rwandan editor, jailed for opinion piece, fails in appeal

March 26, 2013 4:09 PM EDT

Nairobi, March 26, 2013–An appellate court judge in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Monday upheld the criminal conviction of an editor who is serving a one-year prison sentence in connection with an opinion column, according to local journalists.

Reporters surround Beatrice Mtetwa as she exited a courthouse today. (ZLHR/Kumbirai Mafunda)

Zimbabwe frees prominent lawyer Mtetwa on bail

March 25, 2013 3:59 PM EDT

Beatrice Mtetwa, a tenacious lawyer who has won accolades for stubbornly defending journalists and others persecuted by Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe, regained her freedom today after a hellish week that began on March 17 when she was arrested and charged with the criminal offense of “defeating or obstructing the course of justice.”