Cameroon’s leading opposition politician, Anicet Ekane, has died at the age of 74 after weeks of detention, according to reports from his lawyers and family on Monday. They stated that he struggled to breathe and did not receive adequate medical care while in custody. Ekane was arrested in late October along with other prominent members […]
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he Committee to Protect Journalists calls for authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to immediately drop legal proceedings against three journalists who were beaten and detained overnight while seeking to interview a provincial minister in the north-eastern city of Kisangani. On July 23, KIS24 Info’s Steves Paluku, ElectionNet’s Paul Beyokobana, and Kisangani News newspaper’s Sébastien Mulamba
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Authorities in the Republic of the Congo must ensure the safety of journalist Rosie Pioth following death threats for her reporting on the anniversary of the 1982 bombing of the Maya-Maya International Airport in the capital, Brazzaville, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. Pioth, correspondent for the French government-owned outlet France 24 and
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concerns over the abduction and torture of Congolese journalist Émérite Amisi Musada. A CPJ statement issued on Monday confirms that the Congolese journalist was abducted by men in civilian clothes on April 15 after being threatened over his reporting on the eastern Democratic Republic of
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By Nik Harris and M. M. Shaw International human rights organizations have condemned ongoing attacks on Nouveaux Droits de l’Homme (NDH), a human rights organization based in Cameroon. In mid-January, unidentified individuals broke into NDH’s offices in Yaoundé, taking away essential documents and office equipment. The looted materials included laptops and desktop computers, hard
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By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman Democracy Betrayed: Corruption, Dictatorship, and Authoritarianism in Sierra Leone is a new book scheduled to be launched by the Africanist Press in June 2025; two years after the disputed June 2023 elections in Sierra Leone. The book, written by Africanist Press editor Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, examines the root
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Chadian authorities should refrain from conducting police raids on news outlets and should thoroughly investigate allegations that journalist Blaise Noubarassem was assaulted by police and intimidated by a government official, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On November 27, in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, police raided the office of privately owned broadcaster Radio FM Liberté
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York has issued a statement asking authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to immediately reopen two opposition radio stations, Radio Liberté Lisala and Radio Mwana Mboka (Rammbo), closed down by authorities a week ago. The two radio stations, all operated by opposition politicians, were forcefully taken
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A female journalist Sylvanie Kiaku has been detained in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on charges of criminal defamation. Kiaku, the editor of the privately owned weekly newspaper, La Percée was arrested on October 10, 2018 on her way home from work by officers of Kinshasa’s judicial police after an arrest warrant was issued
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One-time warlord and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday after an 11-year absence. In June, Bemba was acquitted of war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court (ICC) after spending a decade behind bars. He had spent the last month with his wife and children in
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