Africa

December 4, 2024

Niger’s Military Junta Detains Prominent Journalist Moussa Tchangari: Calls for His Immediate Release

December 04, 2025 – Niger – Nigerian security forces forcibly arrested Moussa Tchangari, a respected journalist and human rights advocate serving as General Secretary of Alternative […]
December 3, 2024

Mozambique: IPI Denounces Crackdown on Journalists Covering Post‑Election Protests

December 3, 2024 – Mozambique – Following Mozambique’s disputed October 9, 2024, general election, widespread protests erupted nationwide over alleged fraud and ballot tampering by the […]
November 30, 2024

Journalist Emmanuel Monychol Akop’s Detention Sparks Outcry in South Sudan

November 30, 2024 – Sudan – Emmanuel Monychol Akop, editor-in-chief of The Dawn Daily in Juba, was detained without charge by South Sudan’s National Security Service […]
November 29, 2024

Military Detains Leading Investigative Journalist, Sparking Outcry in Nigeria

November 29, 2024 – Nigeria – Investigative journalist and FIJ founder Fisayo Soyombo was detained by the Nigerian Army’s 6th Division during an anti–illegal oil-bunkering raid at […]
November 22, 2024

Press Freedom Under Threat as Nearly 70 Journalists Arrested in Nigeria in 2024

November 22, 2024 – Nigeria – Lead Advocacy at Gatefield and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) released alarming figures: nearly 70 journalists were […]
November 21, 2024

Trapped Between Bullets and Silence: Journalists Targeted Amid Haiti’s Gang Chaos

November 20, 2024 – Haiti – As Haiti plunges deeper into chaos, journalists have become deliberate targets in the country’s spiraling gang violence. On November 11, […]
November 19, 2024

Mozambique’s Press in Peril: Journalists Under Fire Amid Post-Election Turmoil

November 19, 2024 – Mozambique – In the wake of Mozambique’s disputed October 2024 elections, the once relatively secure environment for journalists has crumbled, thrusting media […]
November 15, 2024

Mozambique’s Journalists: Caught in the Crossfire of Post‑Election Chaos

November 15, 2024 – Mozambique/Nigeria – During Mozambique’s disputed October 9, 2024, general election, independent journalists found themselves under unprecedented pressure as protests swept the country. […]