Africa

November 15, 2024

Nigerian Journalists Detained and Released Amid Mozambique’s Post‑Election Turmoil

November 15, 2024 – Mozambique/Nigeria – Amid volatile protests following Mozambique’s contested October 2024 election, two Nigerian correspondents from News Central TV faced sudden detention while […]
November 11, 2024

Dawit Isaak: Eritrea’s Longest-Imprisoned Journalist Honored After 23 Years Behind Bars

November 11, 2024 -Eritrea/Sweden – Dawit Isaak, a dual Eritrean–Swedish journalist and one of the founders of Setit, Eritrea’s first independent newspaper, has been imprisoned without trial […]
November 8, 2024

“Silenced Harvest: The Killing of Amun Abdullahi Mohamed”

November 08, 2024 – Somalia/Sweden –  In a brutal reminder that journalism can be a death sentence, Somali‑Swedish investigative reporter Amun Abdullahi Mohamed was assassinated on […]
November 6, 2024

Sudan’s Journalists Hunted, Silenced, Disappeared

November 6, 2024 – Sudan – The Sudan Media Forum (SMF)—a coalition of independent outlets like Dabanga, Sudan Tribune, and the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate—launched the “Silence […]
October 30, 2024

Haiti and Israel Top Global Shame List for Journalist Killings

October 30, 2024 – Palestine/Haiti – According to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) 2024 Global Impunity Index, Haiti and Israel are now the countries most […]
October 20, 2024

Raid at Dawn Silences Somali Journalist

October 19, 2024 – Somalia – Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) executed a pre-dawn operation in Mogadishu’s Boondheere district, forcibly abducting investigative journalist Abduqadir Mohamed Nur—also […]