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• Chadian Police Detain Female Journalist Covering Student Protest in N’Djamena

  5 Nov 2025 · Chad · Verified

  Amina was covering a student protest in N’Djamena when she was grabbed by police officers who accused her of “inciting chaos by filming.” Her press badge was confiscated, and her phone was searched without consent. She was released after 3…

  Intimidation and threatsDigital threatsArrest and Detention

• Tanzanian Journalist Jenipher Jovin Abducted in Growing Wave of Attacks on Female Journalists

  5 Nov 2025 · Tanzania · Verified

  Tanzanian journalist Jenipher Jovin has reportedly been abducted under unclear circumstances, sparking outrage and renewed concern over the rising dangers faced by female journalists in the region. Jovin, known for her bold reporting on g…

• “Mama Baha” Victim of Cruel Online Death Hoax as Digital Violence Against Women in Media Persists

  5 Nov 2025 · Kenya · Verified

  Kenyan actress Wanjiku Mburu, popularly known as Mama Baha from the hit TV series Machachari, became the latest victim of online violence and misinformation after false reports of her death spread rapidly across social media. The disturbi…

  Online disinformation and propaganda

• Betsy dismissed with no Compensation after serving 27 years at Sanyu FM, in Kampala

  5 Nov 2025 · Uganda · Verified

  After 27 years at Sanyu FM, where she rose to the position of Chief Operations Officer, Betsy Mugamba has lost her legal battle challenging her dismissal from the station. Her troubles began when the station imposed an abrupt 25% salary cu…

  Censorship and legal actionEconomic pressure

• Veteran South African journalist Debora Patta has been dismissed from CBS News following a controversial interview with Mike Huckabee

  1 Nov 2025 · South Africa · Verified

  Patta, a foreign correspondent based in Johannesburg, had spent 12 years covering international stories for CBS and was known for reporting from conflict zones including Syria, Ukraine, and the Israel-Hamas war. Sources indicate Patta’s t…

  Censorship and legal action

• Cape Verde: Suspended director of public broadcaster must be reinstated

  30 Oct 2025 · Cabo Verde · Verified

  The board of directors of the national public broadcaster, Radio and Television of Cape Verde (RTC), imposed a 45-day suspension without remuneration on the director of Television of Cape Verde (TCV), Bernardina Ferreira, on 30 October. Th…

  Intimidation and threatsCensorship and legal actionDenial of access

• Mirriam "Mimi" Mtambo , journalist Alleged sexual harassment and retaliation at Times Group, Malawi

  28 Oct 2025 · Kenya · Verified

  Former Times Group journalist Mirriam "Mimi" Mtambo has come forward alleging sexual exploitation and persistent workplace harassment by former supervisors at the media institution. In a Facebook post titled "When Women Protect Predators:…

  Physical violenceIntimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance

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

  28 Oct 2025 · Senegal · Verified

  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 securi…

  Censorship and legal actionArrest and Detention

• 21 Billion CFA Francs Affair: Madiambal Diagne's Wife Sent to...

  27 Oct 2025 · Senegal · Verified

  New development in the Madiambal Diagne case. The journalist's wife, Bineta Diaby, has been transferred to the Special Pavilion. The latter was arrested and remanded in custody last September, along with two of her husband's sons and a fri…

  Economic pressureArrest and Detention

• Female Journalist Intimidated After Reporting on Army Abuses

  24 Oct 2025 · Burkina Faso · Verified

  On 16 October 2025, Aïssata Ouedraogo of Le Pays newspaper received death threats via phone and social media after publishing an exposé on alleged army abuses against civilians in Ouagadougou. She has since gone into hiding.

  Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillanceDigital threatsOnline Violence

• Ethiopia suspends DW reporters over alleged media law violations

  23 Oct 2025 · Ethiopia · Verified

  Ethiopia has suspended Deutsche Welle (DW) reporters based in several towns across the country from carrying out their reporting duties for an unspecified period. The broadcaster has nine correspondents stationed in Addis Ababa, Mekelle, B…

  Censorship and legal actionDenial of access

• Veteran Radio presenter, Namara Caroline, Fired for Expressing Political Ambition

  23 Oct 2025 · Uganda · Verified

  Caroline Namara, a respected journalist from Bushenyi District in western Uganda, was abruptly fired over a phone call after expressing interest in contesting for a political office . Namara had served at the radio station for more than 16…

  Intimidation and threats

• Two female journalists physically and sexually assaulted by police while working (accounts published)

  21 Oct 2025 · Kenya · Verified

  Two female journalists Aniagolu and Mary Adeboye were physically and sexually assaulted by police while doing their jobs; the report documents police brutality and gendered violence against women reporters in Abuja and elsewhere.

  Physical violenceArrest and DetentionOnline Violence

• Female Journalist Attacked and Equipment Seized by Police in Jinja

  14 Oct 2025 · Uganda · Verified

  On 14 October 2025, Ruth Nansubuga of Busoga One FM was attacked and had her camera seized by police officers while recording a peaceful demonstration in Jinja City. She was accused of “inciting the public” and forced to delete her footage…

  Physical violenceCensorship and legal actionArrest and Detention

• Deepfake Misuse Targeting Cameroonian Sports Journalist Ladonette Ondesa

  13 Oct 2025 · Cameroon · Verified

  Cameroonian sports journalist Ladonette Ondesa recently raised alarm over the misuse of her image and voice in an online scam involving AI-generated deepfake videos. According to her account, unidentified individuals created and circulated…

  Online disinformation and propaganda

• Media Personality Coroline Mirembe faced Exploitation, Economic Denial, and Employment Abuse

  11 Oct 2025 · Uganda · Verified

  Coroline Miremmbe was subjected to severe exploitation and professional abuse by a media house that took advantage of her creativity, labor, and commitment. She single-handedly conceptualized, researched, produced, and presented a program …

  Economic pressureDenial of access

• Gossip as Harassment for Wilbroda

  9 Oct 2025 · Kenya · Verified

  Social media was buzzing with claims linking radio host Wilbroda Nyaminde to a prominent politician. No one could say where the story started, but by midday, it had spread like wildfire — screenshots, memes, voice notes, and endless specu…

  Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillanceOnline disinformation and propaganda

• Online Gendered Harassment of Female Journalists Talia Oyando and Body-Shaming in Digital Media Spaces.

  8 Oct 2025 · Kenya · Verified

  On October 8, 2025, Kenyan journalist and media personality Talia Oyando faced a new wave of online body-shaming and sexist comments after new photos of her circulated on social media. Users and blogs ridiculed her physical appearance, tur…

  Online disinformation and propagandaOnline Violence

• Gossip becomes harassment to Janet Mbugua

  8 Oct 2025 · Kenya · Verified

  A trending “exposé” claimS that popular media personality Janet Mbugua has been betrayed. Actress Sarah Hassan of has been accused of dating her former husband. Thousands of strangers dissected Janet’s private life, speculating about h…

  Harassment and surveillanceOnline disinformation and propaganda

• Cathy Maulidi ,Times TV journalist — Online smear and fake front page after true report on State House condition

  7 Oct 2025 · Kenya · Verified

  Times TV reporter Cathy Maulidi reported accurately on conditions at Kamuzu Palace/State House after transition of power. Her original pictures did not show smeared walls with faeces or broken windows. Other online actors circulated separa…

  Online disinformation and propagandaOnline Violence