North Africa

Nigeria, Ethiopia leading jailers of activist-journalists in Africa

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By Muthoki Mumo and Jonathan Rozen The ongoing detentions of Nigerian publisher Agba Jalingo and Ethiopian editor Fekadu Mahtemework–the only journalists behind bars for their work in their countries, according to CPJ’s latest prison census–don’t tell the whole story of their governments’ crackdowns on freedom of expression. Investigations throughout 2019 to compile CPJ’s list of 250 journalists imprisoned …

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CPJ launches 2019 #FreeThePress campaign

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The Committee to Protect Journalists today launched its annual #FreeThePress campaign to raise awareness of jailed journalists globally. The campaign will highlight the plight of several journalists via CPJ’s Instagram account. In dictatorships and developing democracies alike imprisonment has become an effective method to silence the press, with record numbers jailed globally in the past three …

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Chinese merchants plunge Djibouti in ‘port controversy’

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By Simon Ateba When a major contract between DP World Limited and the Republic of Djibouti was signed, everyone seemed to be happy and satisfied with the business deal. Both sides pledged to respect the terms of the agreement, and it seemed back then, that Djibouti, a tiny but important country located in the Horn of Africa, …

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Mauritania: The Forgotten Genocide of Black Africans

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By Yahaya Ba Growing up, I knew West African families tended to be large. What I didn’t know was why my family seemed so much larger and more spread apart than others. I figured that because our ethnic group, the Halpulaar (a largely Islamic-leaning linguistic group which shares the language of Fulfudle) had originated in …

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