Africa documents by Year:
Gambia's Daily Observer newspaper closed for two weeks
June 23, 2017 4:44 PM ET
Police and officials from the Gambia Revenue Agency (GRA) on June 14, 2017, shut down the Daily Observer newspaper and forced all staff from the publication to leave the office, saying the publication owed 17 million dalasi (U.S.$371,415) in unpaid taxes, Daily Observer Managing Director Pa Modou Mbowe told...
Kenyan reporter detained for two days on bribery allegation
June 22, 2017 5:44 PM ET
Police in Nairobi on June 18 arrested Sunday Nation journalist Walter Menya on charges of soliciting a bribe of 55,000 Kenyan shillings (U.S.$531) to "write a damaging story in The Nation newspaper," according to a police statement. The amount he was alleged to have accepted was later changed to...
Newspaper editor interrogated in Uganda
June 21, 2017 4:54 PM ET
Nairobi, June 21, 2017--Ugandan authorities should cease investigation and intimidation of privately-owned daily newspaper Red Pepper editor Ben Byarabaha and four other publications, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Kenyan journalist threatened and assaulted
June 8, 2017 6:11 PM ET
New York, June 8, 2017--Kenyan authorities should credibly investigate and swiftly bring to justice those responsible for attacking and threatening Emmanuel Namisi, a broadcast journalist for the Royal Media group, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Nigerian publisher shot, second journalist badly beaten
June 7, 2017 5:02 PM ET
New York, June 7, 2017--Nigerian authorities should swiftly bring to justice all those behind the beating of journalist Charles Otu and the shooting of publisher Samuel Nweze, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Court fines Benin media regulator for wrongfully closing broadcaster
June 2, 2017 4:07 PM ET
A court in Benin on May 22, 2017, ordered the reopening of Sikka TV, which the High Authority for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC by its French acronym), the state's broadcast regulator, had ordered closed in November 2016, according to media reports. The court also ordered HAAC to pay 50 million...
Somaliland journalist held without charge for asking question at press conference
June 1, 2017 4:39 PM ET
New York, June 1, 2017--Authorities in the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland should immediately release Mohamed Adan Dirir, the editor of the online news portal Horseed Media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Mohamed has been jailed without charge since Somaliland Health Minister Saleban Isee ordered police to arrest him...
Ethiopian high court convicts editor of inciting subversion
May 24, 2017 1:40 PM ET
New York, May 24, 2017--The Ethiopian Federal High Court's conviction of Getachew Shiferaw, editor of the news website Negere Ethiopia, on charges of inciting subversion is a further blow to press freedom in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....