Journalists arrested in raids on Senegal’s 7TV and RFM broadcasters

On October 28, gendarmes arrested Faye, who hosts the 7TV’s “L’invité de MNF” program, after interrupting the broadcast of her interview with Diagne, according to 7TV reporter Mamadou Awa Ndiaye. Faye is accused of undermining state security and the authority of justice, and was scheduled to be in court on October 29.The journalists in custody as of October 29 were Maimouna Ndour Faye, owner of the privately owned channel 7TV, and Bamba Traoré, a 7TV studio operator. The signals of 7TV and TFM — RFM’s parent television channel, which aired the interview with the politician, Madiambal Diagne — were unavailable as of Wednesday, but their content was accessible online and via the private distributor Canal Plus, according to CPJ’s review. https://cpj.org/2025/10/5-journalists-arrested-in-raids-on-senegals-7tv-and-rfm-broadcasters/