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Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +7
On 8 December, members of the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed journalist Hanan Adam and her brother, Youssef Adam, in their home in Wad Al-Asha, eastern-central al-Gezira state. She was a correspondent for al-Midan, a local Sudan Communist Party-affiliated newspaper. The International Federation o…
8 Dec 2024 · Sudan · Verified
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance
A security officer tries to grab a camera from a journalist forcibly. A Citizen TV journalist was Thursday reportedly harassed by a security agent in a troubling incident that has gone viral on social media. Kenyans on social media have condemned the incident with some demanding action to be taken against the officer…
5 Dec 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Arrest and Detention
South African journalists Bongani Siziba and Sbonelo Mkhasibe as well as Mozambican reporter Charles Mangwiro were arrested and detained on November 13 for reporting on public demonstrations against alleged election fraud in the country’s October 9 presidential election. According to reports, the journalists faced phy…
13 Nov 2024 · Mozambique · Verified
Intimidation and threats
After publishing an investigative report exposing rape events against women and girls in Darfur, Sudanese journalist and human rights activist Fadwa Al-Khazraji is still haunted by a phone call from an overseas caller who threatened her and promised to get in touch with her again.
25 Oct 2024 · Sudan · Verified
Physical violence
Award-winning Somali-Swedish journalist Amun Abdullahi Mohamed, who was murdered on October 18 by two gunmen with reported ties to the insurgent group Al-Shabab. Reports indicate that there is no known motive for the shooting. However, the area where she was killed has a history of attacks by Al-Shabab. Mohamed was a …
18 Oct 2024 · Somalia · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +2
At least six Togolese journalists were attacked while covering an opposition party meeting, including Yawo Klousse, the news director of Afrique en ligne. Women journalists face a variety of challenges, including online harassment, which can include intimidation, sexual harassment, and bullying. These attacks can lea…
29 Sep 2024 · Togo · Verified
Censorship and legal actionArrest and Detention
On September 20, police in western Lagos State separately arrested Olurotimi Olawale, editor of the privately owned National Monitor newspaper, and Precious Eze Chukwunonso, publisher of the privately owned News Platform website. On September 27, the four journalists were charged in a Lagos federal court with violatin…
20 Sep 2024 · Nigeria · Verified
Censorship and legal actionDenial of access
The President of the Sindicato de jornalistas e Tecnicos de Comunicao Social de Guine- Bissau (SINJOTECS), Indira Correia Balde, was asked, on 22 August, by a government minister, not to cover any government activity. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns, in the strongest terms possible, this ac…
28 Aug 2024 · Guinea-Bissau · Verified
Physical violenceHarassment and surveillance
Zainab was among 56 journalists attacked during the #EndBadGovernance protests in Abuja in 2024. She was struck by police while wearing her press credentials, raising questions about the safety of female reporters during civil unrest
21 Aug 2024 · Nigeria · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +1
Between August 18-19, 2024, protests erupted in Mogadishu, triggered by the closure of the Bakaro market due to newly imposed taxes. Journalists covering the demonstrations, including Nimo Muhidin, a reporter for Somali Cable TV, and freelance journalist Safa Osman, who works for Dalsan TV, were met with harassment, d…
19 Aug 2024 · Somalia · Verified
Arrest and Detention
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/maverick-aoko-faces-cybercrime-charges-over-tweet-about-woman-4730568 Journalist and blogger Scophine Aooko Otieno alias Maverickwas arrested and arained in court charged with publishing false information on her X account. Ms. Aoko spent the weekend behind bars and presented in a Nair…
19 Aug 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Physical violence
While covering anti government protests, police lobbed tear gas at journalists. Cecilia Ngunjiri shares her ordeal of how she was beaten by clubs after being overwhelmed by the teargas. https://nation.africa/kenya/news/maandamano-raila-un-body-condemn-police-excesses-attack-on-journalists-4721014
8 Aug 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Online disinformation and propaganda
Fabricated vulgar photos of poet and Journalist Mahasen Hawary from Egypt, were posted inline leaving her deeply distressed
6 Aug 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Online disinformation and propaganda
Sandra Mumba was targeted by cyberbullies following her critical coverage of government corruption. She wrote a series of investigative reports exposing alleged government corruption. Following the publication of her reports, Sandra Mumba became the target of a coordinated cyberbullying campaign. Her social media acco…
6 Aug 2024 · Zambia · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats
Officers suspected to be of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have assaulted a female journalist working with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Joy Odigie, in Benin City, Edo State. It was gathered that the female journalists visited the Edo command of the service to interview its Public Relations Officer, Ake Ke…
2 Aug 2024 · Nigeria · Verified
Physical violence
Women Press Freedom is appalled at the brutality faced by journalist Djuma Culubali during a protest in Guinea-Bissau that has left her reeling from the trauma and severe injuries. We strongly condemn the violence against the journalist perpetrated by officers of the Rapid Intervention Police. The use of excessive for…
31 Jul 2024 · Guinea-Bissau · Verified
Physical violence
At least four journalists were attacked on 21 July 2024, and media workers’ equipment was destroyed during the internal elections of the governing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). The elections, held in Ramotswa ahead of the country’s elections later this year, were characterised by tensions as election officers and…
30 Jul 2024 · Botswana · Verified
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance +1
In the TikTok, was an episode depicting a young woman being 'shouted down' by ruling party supporters, before and after asking the President her question during the 23rd July, 2024 Town Hall Meeting with the country's President.
26 Jul 2024 · Sierra Leone · Verified
Intimidation and threatsDigital threats
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/-men-switch-off-radios-upon-hearing-a-female-voice-the-plight-of-a-somali-female-journalist-4683742 Yasin Mohamed’s family was opposed to her career as a journalist and preferred her taking ‘feminine’ jobs like nursing. She ignored them and proceeded to take a course in journal…
24 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified
Intimidation and threats
Kenyan journalist Hanifa Adan faced harassment and attempts to censor her when she covered deadly protests and started fundraising for people injured during the unrest that have left more than 50 people dead in her country. Budget proposals that would have resulted in the prices of basic essentials such as eggs, cook…
24 Jul 2024 · Kenya · Verified
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