Journalists

Journalists Caught in Crossfire: Sudan’s Hidden War In this third week of our Threats to News series, we spotlight the relentless dedication of journalists around the globe who navigate immense challenges. Today, our focus is on Sudan, a nation embroiled in a violent struggle for power that has been raging for over 15 months. This brutal conflict between the national army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias has led to the displacement of more than 10 million people. Despite the scale of the crisis, media coverage…

HARGEISA, Somalia - The breakaway area of North Western of Somaliahas come beneath fireplace for harassment and arbitrary arrests of journalists following requires respect for freedom of expression and the media throughout the Federal Republic of Somalia. Somali Journalists Syndicate and the Somali Media Association that are the media strain teams, collectively condemned the arrests and assaults on journalists within the area, including that it's obligatory to respect the press. Authorities within the city of Borame,…

Saturday, March 19, was a day without pressure in Chad at the urging of the Union of Chadian Journalists. A movement to protest the exclusion of journalists from the Doha Dialogue in Qatar, between the government and the political-military groups on the…

RFI's FM waves have been cut across Mali since mid-Thursday. Consequence of the decision of the Malian Transitional Authorities to suspend RFI and France 24, following the sending of testimonies reporting abuses by the Malian army in the center of the country.…

No press conference has been organized for journalists from private media to cover the negotiations between rebel groups and the Chadian authorities, which have been going on since Sunday, March 13, in Doha, Qatar. Necessary travel, according to press…

Moroccan journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi was sentenced on appeal to six years in prison for espionage and rape. Radi, a 35-year-old freelance journalist known as a vocal critic of the…

Togolese press executives are outraged that several Togolese journalists are targeting espionage using Pegasus software. More than 300 Togolese numbers appear in the list of potential targets for Israeli spy program, Pegasus, according tosurvey conducted by Amnesty International and several media outletsfrom the Forbidden…

A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer with Reuters news agency was killed on Friday covering clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban near a border crossing with Pakistan, media reported and quoted an army commander. Afghan forces fought to retake Spin Boldak when Danish Siddiqui and a senior officer were killed in…

The son of ex-president IBK has been on the run abroad since the coup that overthrew his father in August last year. Before that, Karim Keïta, a former deputy, had already been quoted in the Birama Touré affair, this Malian journalist who had been missing since January 2016. According to the newspaper for which he worked, Le Sphinx, Karim Keïta was involved in this disappearance. On Monday, Malia's…

Algeria is waiting for the results of the early parliamentary elections on Saturday. A vote marked by a strong vote and rejected by Hirak and part of the opposition and held in the context of increased repression. On Thursday night, two days before the election, Hirak Karim Tabbou's opponent and figure were arrested and released more than 24 hours later. Just like two journalists, who gave more…