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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.
5 Oct 2026 · Uganda · Verified
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…
14 Sep 2026 · Cameroon
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 …
28 Aug 2026 · Ethiopia · Verified
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…
28 Aug 2026 · Somalia · Verified
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…
22 Aug 2026 · Uganda · Verified
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…
13 Aug 2026 · Ethiopia · Verified
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…
13 Aug 2026 · Somalia · Verified
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…
14 Jul 2026 · Kenya · Verified
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 …
8 Jul 2026 · Nigeria · Verified
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
7 Jul 2026 · Kenya · Verified
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…
25 Jun 2026 · Kenya · Verified
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
16 Jun 2026 · Kenya · Verified
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…
15 Jun 2026 · Uganda · Verified
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…
10 Jun 2026 · Dem. Rep. Congo · Verified
Intimidation and threatsCensorship and legal action +1
On May 18, 2026, authorities arrested Oshi, a program host for local private television channel AlBalad TV, in Port Sudan after a Sudanese court sentenced her that same day to one year in prison and fined her 10 million Sudanese pounds (USD $16,653), according to news reports. The court convicted Oshi of defamation …
18 May 2026 · Kenya · Verified
Physical violenceArrest and Detention
Somali police arrested Shukri Abbi Abdi, a Shabelle TV reporter, and cameraman Abdullahi Sidow while covering the forced eviction of families in Mogadishu. Abdi was allegedly beaten and their equipment was seized before they were taken to Hamar Jajab police station. https://x.com/ShabelleMedia/status/2052016250205700…
6 May 2026 · Somalia · Verified
Intimidation and threatsHarassment and surveillance
Police Investigate Sexual Harassment Claims Against AP Kenya Bureau Boss after a member of staff accused the Bureau Chief of sexually harassing her. He denied the claims. Police from Kilimani police station on Friday (17 April 2026) visited CVS Plaza, the offices of the bureau for fact finding mission as part of the p…
17 Apr 2026 · Kenya · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +2
Sudan’s paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) must immediately release Nyala State Radio reporters Mawaheb Ibrahim, Zahraa Muhammad Al-Hassan, and Ishraqah Abdulrahan, a presenter and host at the radio station, who have been detained in Nyala, South Darfur, since February 28, the Committee to Protect Journ…
16 Mar 2026 · Sudan · Verified
Physical violenceIntimidation and threats +1
On the morning of 10 March 2026, I was present at the Broadhurst Magistrate’s Court in Gaborone in my capacity as a journalist to cover court proceedings involving a rape suspect, Kabelo Sekocha. The court session concluded during the morning hours, after which members of the media remained outside the court premises …
10 Mar 2026 · Botswana · Verified
Physical violenceHarassment and surveillance
The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate has expressed deep concern over the continued cases of enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention affecting journalists in the capital and in the regions of Darfur and Sennar state. The syndicate says it has documented three cases of enforced disappearance and four cases of arres…
8 Mar 2026 · Sudan · Verified
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