Africa

Nairobi, December 5, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 29 other human rights organizations in urging member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to “take action to prevent further abuses” in Tanzania, in the wake of a brutal government crackdown following October 29 elections. In their letter, the organizations note…

Abuja, November 26, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to release journalist Friday James Alefia, who has been in detention since September on cybercrime charges, for which he could face up to three years in jail. “Nigerian authorities should swiftly drop the cybercrime charges against journalist Friday James Alefia, who has been…

Kinshasa, November 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the safety of Michael Tenende, who was threatened with arrest by a mayor after his reporting criticized her governance — the second time Anne-Marie Tshiabu has made such threats against a journalist. “Kabinda mayor Anne-Marie…

Kampala, Uganda, November 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on South Sudan’s media regulator to rescind its order suspending the online news outlet Hot in Juba and to ensure its journalists can work safely. “The suspension of Hot in Juba on unclear grounds is the latest sign that the South Sudan Media Authority has…

Abuja, November 14, 2025—At least three journalists in Nigeria have been detained since August on allegations of violating the country’s Cybercrime Act, despite last year’s reform of the law, highlighting its ongoing use to harass the media. One journalist, known under the pen name Fejiro Oliver, has been behind bars since mid-September. “Nigerian authorities appear…

Dakar, November 7, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerien authorities to free journalists Ibro Chaibou, Youssouf Sériba, and Oumarou Abou Kané who were remanded in southern Niger’s Kollo prison on November 3. The three were initially arrested on October 30 and are accused of sending an invitation to a government news conference to…

Lusaka, November 4, 2025—The Swazi Bridge news site in Eswatini is facing a record-breaking claim for 170 million emalangeni (US$9.8 million) in damages and the threat of terrorism investigations, as part of a growing global trend of using abusive lawsuits to suppress public interest reporting. The Farmers Bank and its director John Asfar alleged defamation…

Abuja, November 3, 2025—As the world marks yet another International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists without accountability for the killing of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls for global solidarity. Divela, a member of the investigative outlet Tiger Eye PI, was murdered near his family home in…

The Committee to Protect Journalists and 37 other media and human rights groups have written to the Angolan Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies, and Media, urging amendments to the draft law on the Dissemination of False Information on the Internet, to ensure it aligns with Angola’s constitutional protections for freedom of expression and with the  international and regional…

Kinshasa, October 30, 2025—The M23 and Congo River Alliance (AFC) rebel groups must ensure the immediate and unconditional release of journalist Ricardo Olenga, detained for over a month in the eastern city of Goma, in North Kivu, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. On September 19, intelligence agents with the M23 and AFC rebel…