News and Press Releases

The IFJ was at the UN Human Rights Council's 42nd session in Geneva this week. Together with its affiliate the National Union of Somali Journalists…

A la veille de la Journée internationale de l'accès universel à l'information (JIAUI) du 28 septembre, la Fédération internationale des journalistes…

Authorities in Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, announced on 22 September that all the independent media houses and journalists operating in…

Mary Ekere, a journalist with The Post Newspaper in Uyo city, Nigeria, was arrested on Monday, 16 September by the authorities for taking photos of a…

Police forces searched two stations of radio Daljir's in northeastern Somalia on 14-15 and 16 September. The International Federation of Journalists…

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is…

A court in Hargeisa city, located in Somalia’s northern breakaway region of Somaliland, ordered on September 4 the blocking of Hadhwanaag news…

Radio Bonakanda, a community radio station based in Buea, South West region of Cameroon was attacked by unknown gunmen at around 10 pm on Tuesday, 3…

The Fédération syndicale des travailleur de la communication (FESYTRAC) in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) held a…

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the authorities in Tanzania to drop all charges against prominent Tanzanian…

Tanzanian journalist Joseph Gandye was arrested on Thursday 22nd August for allegedly “publishing false information” and released two days later. The…

Zimbabwean journalist Leopold Munhende was arrested and detained by the police in Zimbabwe in the capital Harare on 23 August while performing his…

Leaders of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) met yesterday the President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, at Villa…

Today the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launched in Mogadishu, Somalia, a continental campaign on the safety of African journalists,…

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) yesterday launched a National Workshop on Advancing Gender-Responsive Journalism in Mogadishu in…