Journalists

In a troubling turn of events, two Belgian reporters found themselves injured in Lebanon amidst ongoing military exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah. Their employer, VTM, confirmed the incident as violence erupted in Beirut due to airstrikes during the night. The VTM correspondent, Robin Ramaekers, sustained facial injuries, while his colleague, cameraman Stijn De Smet, required medical attention for a gunshot wound to his leg, as outlined in a statement from DPG Media, the broadcast network’s parent company. “Just…

September Marks Numerous Unresolved Journalist Killings Ahmed Mohamed Shakur, an SNTV journalist and cameraman, lost his life in a bomb explosion on September 30, 2022, in Basra town near Mogadishu. | PHOTO/ Courtesy/SJS. The International Press Institute (IPI) persistently demands Somali authorities step up against impunity for crimes against journalists. The state of press freedom in Somalia is distressingly precarious, with scribes being subjects of both harassment and threats from the government and the militant group…

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…

Journalists start "disinformation laboratory" to limit the spread of fake news in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - The extent of fake news in Somalia could drop drastically following the launch of the "disinformation laboratory" aimed at revealing inaccurate news, especially at a time when the country is heading for an election that could define the country's fate. During the weekend, a media guard…