News and Press Releases

Somaliland security forces forcefully entered the headquarters of MM Somali TV, assaulting journalists and abruptly ending a televised debate on X…

L’Union des syndicats de professionnels d’Afrique Centrale (USYPAC), le Syndicat national des journalistes du Cameroun (SNJC) en partenariat avec la…

Le Syndicat National des Professionnels de la Presse (SNPP) in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) under the Union to…

The Publication Director of Le Flambeau des Democrates newspaper, Loic Lawson and freelance journalist, Anani Innocent Assous were taken into police…

Aminou Alioum, correspondent of Canal 2 International in Cameroon was ambushed and arrested by plain-clothes police officials in his hometown, Maroua,…

Le journaliste Abdoul Aziz Djibrilla de Naata Radio a été attaqué et tué par des hommes armés non identifiés le 7 novembre sur la route Gao- Ansongo,…

The Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) held a two –day seminar on ‘New…

The Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties and Human Rights (ACPLHR) in collaboration with the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) held a Side…

Journalist and Director of Somali Cable TV Abdifatah Moallim Nur (Qeys) was killed on October 16 in a suicide bomb attack at Blue Sky restaurant in…

The Managing Editor of state-owned New Era newspaper, Johnathan Beukes, was suspended from work on 2 October after publishing an editorial critical of…

À l'occasion de la Journée internationale de l'accès universel à l'information, célébrée le 28 septembre, la FIJ appelle les gouvernements du monde…

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in partnership with the US Embassy in Mogadishu is hosting a National Forum on Access to Information…

The military junta in Burkina Faso has suspended, until further notice, the print and online operations of French news outlets Jeune Afrique. The…

The owner of online news media platform Mankajang Daily, Bakary Mankajang, was detained by the Gambian police on 20 September, in connection with his…

L'Union des journalistes Tchadiens (UJT), en collaboration avec la Fédération Internationale des Journalistes (FIJ) a organisé un atelier de…

The Head of the Agency of the newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel, Bertrand Ayissi, has been arrested and detained in an apparent attempt at intimidation. He…