East Africa

Journalists in Tanzania have reported that detained journalist Erick Kabendera’s health is failing and the Tanzanian government has denied all requests by human rights groups to allow Kadendera access to a his own doctor. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today issued a statement expressing concerns over Kabendera’s health situation and called for

The following is a letter sent to Tanzania’s president John Magufuli by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) demanding that Tanzanian authorities drop all charges brought against freelance journalist Eric Kabendera and also account for the fate of missing journalist Azory Gwanda. Africanist Press publishes the letter as part of our support to the global demand for

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah The facade of press freedom in Tanzania was exposed on Wednesday November 7 following the arrest of two journalists and press freedom campaigners, Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Quintal and Mumo were detained yesterday at their hotel in Dar es Salaam by

A Somali radio journalist, Abdullahi Mire Hashi has been killed by two unidentified gunmen in the town of Elasha Biyaha, some 17km from the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Reports say Abdullahi, the producer and host of a daily show broadcast on the privately owned radio station Darul Sunnah, was shot after attending afternoon prayers at a mosque near