Ansar Dine Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Attacks on the Press: Between Insurgents, Governments

February 14, 2013 12:05 AM EST

The rise of extremist groups who target journalists is a potent risk. By Mohamed Keita

In Mali, Islamist militants seize, shut down two stations

September 21, 2012 1:49 PM EDT

Members of Ansar Dine, a Salafist militant group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, shut down two local radio stations on March 27, 2012, as they seized the northeast town of Kidal from the Malian army, according to local journalists.

In Senegal, police question radio journalist

August 28, 2012 10:23 AM EDT

Police in Dakar, the capital, summoned Alassane Samba Diop, director of Radio Futurs Médias (RFM), for four hours of questioning on August 25, 2012, over an interview he broadcast the night before with the leader of a hardline Islamist group, according to news reports.