News and Press Releases

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…

A cameraman embedded with the Somali National Army (SNA) was killed in a bomb attack targeting a military base on 14th August. The International…

A l’initiative de la Fédération internationale des Journalistes (FIJ) et de son affilié ivoirien, le Syndicat national des professionnels de la presse…

The Syndicat national des professionnels de la presse de Cote d’ Ivoire (SYNAPPCI) and the IFJ conducted a two day workshop on « Organising in the…

[Updated on 5th August] Tanzanian police arrested prominent investigative journalist Erick Kabendera on Monday 29 July for questioning over his…

Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed, president of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and head of the Sudanese Journalists Union (SJU) was released by the…

The IFJ has backed demands for the immediate release of the head of the Sudanese Journalists Union (SJU) after he was seized by the country’s military…

On 22nd July a Gambian army officer accused ex-president Yahya Jammeh of ordering the 2004 murder of journalist and former head of the Gambia Press…

Precious Owolabi, a reporter for Channels Television, was shot dead on 22 July while covering a protest by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria…

Turkish courts this week handed down several prison sentences against journalists and decided to keep others in detention after adjourning their…

A military court in Somalia on 8th July made public its ruling of 1st November, 2018, convicting policeman Ahmed Nur of murdering Abdirisak Qasim…