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Arrest and Detention
Police in El Qatina in Sudan’s White Nile state, have detained journalist Rasha Hassan following a complaint by a school administration over her sharing a report about students being barred from examinations for failing to pay school fees. Hassan was detained after being summoned by telephone to El Qatina police st…
Arrest and Detention
The Nigerian authorities must drop bogus charges and sham trial of journalist Farida Isiak who was arraigned before Sharia Court Division 1 Kawo Kaduna. In a rushed trial she was sentenced to 4–years in prison with an option of N1.7 million fine. Farida Isiak, a reporter with Nagarta Radio in Kaduna, was arrested …
Physical violence
A BBS TV journalist, Ireen Mirembe, says she was beaten and robbed of equipment worth about UShs7.3 million by two men after a boda boda rider allegedly led her off the main road in Butambala while she was returning to Mpigi. Mirembe says the attackers took a camera, lenses, a laptop, her press card and her phone.
Intimidation and threatsArrest and Detention
Dakar, September 24, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian authorities to hold to account those behind the detention of four journalists suspected of stealing a minister’s glasses, in a scandal that has led to calls for a boycott of the minister’s events. The journalists were released on Mo…
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance +1
The incident took place on September 21, when a female photojournalist with Nawaat received a call from an individual claiming to be a courier, who insisted she collect a delivery. To feel safer, she brought two male colleagues along with her, a reporter and a photojournalist. All three journalists requested that thei…
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +2
On 20 September 2026, Virginie Manganga, a music journalist and television presenter with Antenne A television, was detained by five agents from the prosecutor’s office as she left the television station in Kinshasa. The arrest followed an interview she hosted with a woman who made allegations involving musician Fally…
Intimidation and threats
On September 20, Chiraz Naili, a correspondent for the state-run Agence Tunis Afrique Presse, was interviewing a resident whose home had flooded in Ariana, Tunis, when she was confronted with the local governor, Walid Sandid, who interrupted her reporting to accuse her of seeking “buzz,” and stating that they would di…
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance +1
On 14 September 2026, Solange Djuikam, publishing director of Univers Info Net, was arrested in Yaoundé while carrying out journalistic work at an Islamic Development Bank conference. She was accused of stealing the glasses of a government minister. The glasses were later found in the minister’s vehicle. Solange Djuik…
Censorship and legal actionArrest and Detention
Police arrested Salsawit at her home in the capital Addis Ababa on June 8 after telling her she was wanted for questioning, her sister Haymanot Baynesagn told CPJ. Salsawit has not appeared in court, and authorities have not disclosed any charges or specific allegations against her, Haymanot said. Salsawit was first …
Censorship and legal actionArrest and Detention
GAROWE, Puntland – Female journalist Suways Gacayte was released on bail after spending 13 days in detention at the Central Prison in Garowe, following a ruling by the Garowe District Court. The decision was read by Judge Burhan Sheikh Dahir, Deputy Chairman of the Garowe District Court. The court’s decision means th…
journalist Sympathy Ahereza of Voice of Ruhinda and Nation Media journalist Hillary Twinamatsiko were assaulted by police in Mitooma District while investigating allegations of security negligence. The journalists had gone to investigate a viral TikTok video alleging that a police station was frequently left unattend…
Intimidation and threatsCensorship and legal action +1
Gobeze Sisay, Meskerem Abera, Genet Asmamaw, Dawit Begashaw, and Abay Zewdu have been in detention for three years awaiting trial. Ethiopian authorities are pressuring them to admit to, and apologize for, taking part in a deadly insurgency in exchange for their freedom. The journalists refused to write such apology le…
Physical violenceCensorship and legal action
The incident took place in the Abdicasiis district of Mogadishu, where police officers were dispersing protesters. According to Shukri, she and several other journalists were targeted by the officers while they were covering the incident. Shukri told SOMWA that the officers initially seized her mobile phone before tw…
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats
July 2026: Physical Assault and Asset Seizure at the Ol Kalou By-Election Brygettes Ngana, a broadcast journalist with NTV Kenya, was targeted alongside her colleague Enos Teche while covering localized electoral violence and voting irregularities. https://www.article19.org/resources/kenya-justice-for-journalists-at…
Arrest and Detention
On July 8, the State Security Service, also known as the Department of State Services or DSS, detained Sodiq, a videographer and journalist who also covers the political activities of Omoyele Sowore, founder of the Sahara Reporters outlet and a presidential candidate in Nigeria’s upcoming elections. The intelligence …
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats
On July 7, 2026, during the Saba Saba public demonstrations in Nairobi, NTV journalist Margaret Kimathi was among a team that was confronted and harassed by traffic police officers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWF4LakuGM
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance
Ms Wanjeri lives in fear following threats on her life. She reported the matter to the authorities but has not received any feedback. “I have been living in fear not knowing who exactly wanted to kill me and why they wanted to. I am also not sure whether those who were trailing me are linked to the police who shot me…
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance
The KHRC lists Mary Mwathi among the ten journalists assaulted and robbed at gunpoint while performing their professional duties. https://khrc.or.ke/press-release/ol-kalou-by-election-triggers-alarming-threats-to-kenyas-2027-general-election/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats
journalist Sympathy Ahereza of Voice of Ruhinda and Nation Media journalist Hillary Twinamatsiko were assaulted by police in Mitooma District while investigating allegations of security negligence. The journalists had gone to investigate a viral TikTok video alleging that a police station was frequently left unattend…
Intimidation and threatsDigital threats
In June 2026, Anne Nanduhura, a journalist with Radio Tuungane based in Minembwe, South Kivu (DRC), received three death threats linked to her reporting on the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in the region. The threats, two phone calls and one WhatsApp message, were allegedly from members of the Wazalendo mil…
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