Two Somaliland journalists arrested while covering protests
The hunt for journalists continues in Somaliland, a self-proclaimed independent Republic in the Horn of Africa. Two journalists covering protests last week were arrested and […]
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Sudan Imposes Media Blackout as Anti-austerity Protests Flare up
Sudanese authorities have imposed a media blackout and proceeded to the arrest of seven journalists including reporters from Reuters and AFP, in an attempt to […]
Ethiopia: two jailed-Eritrean journalists freed after 11 years
Two Eritrean journalists jailed for over a decade in Ethiopia have been released, according to family members. Tesfaldet Kidane and Saleh Gama, who were arrested […]
Somalia, Nigeria, S. Sudan Top CPJ’s 2016 Global Impunity Index
The 2016 Global Impunity Index released on Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) indicated that murder cases of 24 journalists in Somalia, five […]