News and Press Releases

Capital FM journalist, Djuma Culubali and Radio Popular journalist Ngouisam Casimiro Monteiro were attacked by the Rapid Intervention Police while…

The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and the International Organisation for Migration…

Badour Oumar Ali, editor-in-chief of the country’s leading online news site, Tchadinfos, was released after 24 hours in custody. Oumar Ali was…

‘La Coordination des Associations de Presse’ (CAP) an umbrella media organisation, including the Syndicat des professionnels de L’ information et…

Numerous journalists were attacked by the security forces and aggressors across cities in Nigeria on 3 August while covering the nationwide protests…

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

Le Syndicat national des professionnels de la presse (SNPP) in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) under the Union To…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in condemning the Federal…

Journalist and head of Dawan TV, Alinur Salaad, was detained by regional police in Mogadishu on 22 July on charges of false reporting and insulting…

L’ Union des Journalistes Tchadiens (UJT) in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) held a two -day workshop from 19 –…

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) condemns in the strongest terms the recent violent attacks on journalists in Kenya, viewing them as severe…

Kenyan Journalist and reporter for the privately owned MediaMax Limited, Catherine Kariuki Wanjeri, was shot three times in the thigh while covering…

Journalists Adama Bayala, Serge Oulon and Kalifara Sere were abducted in separate incidents in the Burkinabe capital of Ouagadougou by suspected…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes Julian Assange’s release on 24 June as a significant victory for media freedom. The…

A number of journalists have been attacked and brutalised by the police while covering a nationwide protest in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on 25…

Precious Eze Chukunonso, a journalist and the publisher of News Platform, an online newspaper, was arrested on 27 May in his home in Gbagada, Lagos,…