August 25, 2025 – Africa/Palestine – A new pan‑African coalition, African Journalists Against Genocide (AJAG), has emerged, uniting media professionals from more than 20 African countries […]
August 22, 2025 – Kenya – Journalists covering the return of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on August 21, 2025, were subjected to violent attacks that […]
August 21, 2025 – Ghana – In a joint interview, JURIST Chief of Staff for Africa Lana Osei and Associate Editorial Director Alanah Vargas speak with […]
August 17, 2025 – Ethiopia – Two Ethiopian journalists were abducted within a week in what rights groups say reflects an intensifying assault on press freedom. […]
August 15, 2025 – Somalia – A Somaliland journalist, Ahmed Mohamud Dool, has been detained without charge since August 5, 2025, prompting the Committee to Protect […]
August 12, 2025 – Nigeria – Chief James Aiyepeku, father of 26-year-old photojournalist Ayobami Aiyepeku, tragically passed away on August 12, just weeks after his son […]
August 6, 2025 – South Africa – On August 3, 2025, investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh of the Daily Maverick was offered a bribe of R60,000 in […]
August 5, 2025 – Somalia – Three journalists working for SMS TV and Daash Somali TV were forcibly arrested in Mogadishu after reporting on alleged government-linked land […]
August 5, 2025 – DR Congo – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to reverse […]