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South Sudan continues its detention of Al-Watan editor

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The Committee to Protect Journalists  has called on authorities in South Sudan to immediately release Michael Christopher, editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language daily Al-Watan, and halt its harassment of his publication. Christopher was detained at the National Security Service headquarters in the capital Juba, on July 17, after responding to a summons, according to a report on the website […]

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Senegalese journalist Adama Gaye arrested in Dakar

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Authorities in Senegal should immediately release and drop all charges against journalist Adama Gaye, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Gaye, an independent journalist and commentator who has contributed to Senegalese and international news agencies including Kapital Afrik, Jeune Afrique, France24, TV5Monde, and Al-Jazeera, was arrested on July 29 at his home in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, by the police’s

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Ethiopia arrests journalists amid southern unrest

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The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in Ethiopia to disclose the charges against three media workers from the Sidama Media Network or release them immediately, and to guarantee that journalists operating in southern Ethiopia can report freely. On the evening of July 18, security personnel in Hawassa, the capital of Ethiopia’s Southern

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Tanzania detains freelancer Kabendera over ‘citizenship’

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The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Tanzanian authorities to immediately release freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, whom police said is being investigated over his citizenship status. Dar es Salaam police chief Lazaro Mambosasa said at a press conference today that Kabendera was in custody and that police arrested him after the journalist failed to obey a

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Daughter of murdered Gambian journalist recalls her father’s death

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By Angela Quintal At Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) on July 22, army officer Lieutenant Malick Jatta named former President Yahya Jammeh as the mastermind behind the murder of prominent editor Deyda Hydara on December 16 , 2004. He said Jammeh had given the direct order to assassinate Hydara, an outspoken critic who was the managing editor and co-owner of independent

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The facade of press freedom in Magufuli’s Tanzania

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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

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Radio journalist killed in Somalia

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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

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Cameroon detains another journalist

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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Authorities in Cameroon have been asked to immediately release Michel Biem Tong, editor of the privately owned Hurinews website, who was detained on October 23, 2018 after being summoned to the State Secretariat for Defense in the capital, Yaoundé. Prior to his arrest, Tong had published articles criticizing the Cameroonian government’s handling

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Congolese authorities close two opposition radio stations

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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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