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#Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 CPJ urges Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF to urgently investigate the threats and harassment of freelance journalist Nunurai Jena at the party's annual conference in Chinoyi on 16 October and take appropriate disciplinary action. Journalists must be able to carry out their work safely and without intimidation. Despite holding valid ZANU-PF accreditation, Jena was ejected from the venue by party security officers, after they had questioned him, confiscated his press card and accused him of forging his ZANU-PF accreditation, the journalist told CPJ. The officers warned Jena not to return or else he would face the “worst consequences,” he added, describing it as a “terrifying ordeal.” ZANU-PF spokesperson Farai Marapira told CPJ that barring Jena was “not party policy” and the matter would be investigated.

#Cameroon 🇨🇲 CPJ joins calls by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission @TLHumanRights for the immediate release of journalist Tsi Conrad, who has been unjustly imprisoned for nearly a decade. Cameroonian authorities must free Conrad and the other journalists imprisoned for their work, including Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah Junior, and Amadou Vamoulké. #JournalismIsNotACrime. cpj.org/data/people/tsi-conr…

#Uganda 🇺🇬 CPJ calls on Ugandan authorities to urgently release Alternative Digitalk’s Arnold Anthony Mukose who was detained on Tuesday after seeking to recover personal belongings confiscated during a March raid on his home in the capital Kampala. In March, Mukose was seized from a Kampala street and detained for five weeks on allegations that he published false information about the health of First Lady Janet Museveni. Mukose spent more than five weeks in prison before he was released on bail in May. The case was dismissed in August. On October 13, officers at Old Kampala Police Station informed Mukose that an arrest warrant had been issued against him as the case had been reinstated, Mukose’s lawyer, Kato Tumusiime, told CPJ. CPJ did not receive responses to its requests for comment, sent via messaging app on October 15, to the minister for the presidency Babirye Milly Babalanda and Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson Rachael Kawala.

#Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Journalist Abay Zewdu is due to appear in court on October 16, after spending more than three years behind bars on terrorism charges that could carry the death penalty if he’s convicted. Abay, arrested on August 10, 2023, for his reporting on the conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, remains in prolonged pretrial detention. The court has yet to determine whether the prosecution has sufficient evidence for his case to proceed. Recently, Abay refused pressure to sign an apology letter admitting wrongdoing and pledging to stop journalism. He remains behind bars despite his refusal. CPJ calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately release Abay and stop criminalizing journalism. Read more: cpj.org/data/people/abay-zew…

#RDC 🇨🇩 « J'ai reçu des coups dans les côtes avant d'être embarqué dans leur véhicule. Je souffre actuellement de ces blessures ainsi que de difficultés respiratoires causées par la substance qu'ils ont pulvérisée sur moi. » Le journaliste d'investigation Gauthier Sey Tshiang a été évacué vers la France lundi pour y recevoir des soins, après avoir été agressé et laissé inconscient dans la rue — un incident qui s'inscrit dans une série d'attaques contre la presse en RDC ces dernières semaines. Un autre journaliste est porté disparu depuis un mois et deux autres sont incarcérés. En savoir plus : cpj.org/2026/10/spate-of-att… #VirginieManganga

#Burundi 🇧🇮 Le CPJ appelle les autorités burundaises à enquêter sur l’agression et la détention du journaliste Alexis Ndayisenga, qui a déclaré au CPJ être dans l’incapacité de travailler depuis qu’il a été battu par plusieurs policiers le 28 septembre. Ndayisenga faisait partie d’un groupe de passagers à bord d’un bus en attente de départ, dans la plus grande ville du Burundi, Bujumbura, lorsque plusieurs policiers leur ont ordonné de descendre du véhicule, ont déclaré au CPJ le journaliste et le directeur de son média, Radio-Télévision Isanganiro, Charles Makoto. Lorsque les passagers ont refusé, les policiers ont commencé à les frapper, ont dit les deux journalistes. En savoir plus: cpj.org/data/people/alexis-n…

#DRC 🇨🇩 “I was struck in the ribs before being put into their vehicle. I am currently suffering from that and from breathing difficulties caused by the substance they sprayed on me.” Investigative journalist Gauthier Sey Tshiang was evacuated to France on Monday for medical treatment after being assaulted and left unconscious in a street — one of a series of attacks on the press in the DRC in recent weeks. Another journalist has been missing for a month and two are behind bars. Read more: cpj.org/2026/10/spate-of-att… #VirginieManganga #FallyIpupa

#Angola 🇦🇴 O CPJ entrevistou 38 jornalistas angolanos que, no total, enfrentaram mais de 200 investigações criminais por difamação. Angola é um dos países africanos que mais se destaca nesta prática de criminalizar o jornalismo. “Esta é uma ferramenta utilizada por quem está no poder ou em cargos de alto nível para garantir que os seus nomes fiquem intocáveis”, afirmou ao CPJ @TeixeiraU20, jornalista, advogado e antigo presidente do Sindicato dos Jornalistas de Angola. “[Pode] ser utilizada sempre que for conveniente para as autoridades chamarem os jornalistas e os intimidarem e assediarem.”

#Somaliland: CPJ calls for the immediate release of journalist Abdiqani Hussein Abokor, known as Baylood, who has become unwell after 40 days in detention for interviewing a poet. On Monday, a judge ordered that Abdiqani be given medical care. CPJ has been unable to confirm if this treatment has been administered. Read more: cpj.org/data/people/abdiqani…

#Guinea 🇬🇳 🎥 "Let my father return home" On September 29, 2025, unidentified men abducted Mamoudou Babila Keita’s father from his home in retaliation for his journalistic work. Despite authorities announcing an investigation, Keita and his family still have no news of Elhadj Adama Keita, now 76 years old. CPJ calls on Guinean authorities to take action to ensure Elhadj Adama Keita’s safe return to his family.

#Guinée 🇬🇳 🎥 « Laissez mon père rentrer à la maison. » Il y a un an, des hommes non identifiés ont enlevé le père de @Mamoudou Babila Keita à son domicile, en représailles à son travail journalistique. Malgré l’annonce par les autorités de l’ouverture d’une enquête, Keita et sa famille sont toujours sans nouvelles d’Elhadj Adama Keita, aujourd’hui âgé de 76 ans. Le CPJ appelle les autorités guinéennes à agir pour permettre le retour sain et sauf d’Elhadj Adama Keita auprès de ses proches.

#Somaliland CPJ calls for the immediate release of journalist Abdiqani Hussein Abokor, known as Baylood, who has been in detention for one month after interviewing a poet, and to stop criminalizing journalism. In Abdiqani’s video interview, Ismail Yusuf Abdi, also known as Jiheeye, recited a poem warning Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi that he would be cursed if he did not intervene in the seizure of land that the well-known poet said he owned. Abdiqani was detained in Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa on August 29 and charged with spreading fake news on September 15. His trial has yet to begin. Read more: cpj.org/data/people/abdiqani… @Presidencysl_ @Abdirahmanirro @MadaxtooyadaJSL

#Eritrea 🇪🇷 As foreign minister Osman Saleh prepares to address #UNGA on Monday, CPJ calls on authorities to free the #Eritrea16, among the longest-detained journalists in the world. Most have been arbitrarily imprisoned for 25 years, without trial or access to their families. In 2016, Osman told Radio France International that the journalists were alive and would face trial "when the government decides." CPJ calls on Eritrean authorities to account for these journalists’ health, whereabouts, and legal status. Their families have a right to know. Read more: cpj.org/awards/the-eritrea-1…

#Mozambique 🇲🇿 As President Daniel Chapo @daniel_chapo24 prepares to address #UNGA on Wednesday, CPJ calls on his government to provide the families and colleagues of missing Cabo Delgado journalists Ibraimo Mbaruco and Arlindo Chissale with answers about their whereabouts. Mbaruco disappeared in 2020, after texting that he was surrounded by soldiers, and Chissale has not been seen since he was removed from a minibus by uniformed men in January 2025. Their families deserve answers. 📷 Chapo at UNGA in 2025 (Reuters)

#RDC 🇨🇩 Le CPJ exhorte les autorités de la République démocratique du Congo à libérer immédiatement la journaliste musicale Virginie Manganga, arrêtée dimanche pour avoir interviewé une femme affirmant avoir eu une liaison avec le musicien Fally Ipupa. « Les autorités de la RDC doivent libérer immédiatement et sans condition la journaliste Virginie Manganga, dépénaliser la diffamation et rejoindre la communauté croissante des nations africaines qui l'ont déjà fait », a déclaré Angela Quintal, directrice Afrique du CPJ. « L'arrestation de deux journalistes en une seule semaine pour diffamation pénale et diffusion de fausses informations met en évidence l'intensification de la pression exercée par la RDC sur les médias. » En savoir plus : cpj.org/2026/09/drc-journali… 📷 Jordache Diala.

⚖️ Free the #Eritrea16 🇪🇷

#Gambia 🇬🇲 As Vice President Muhammed Jallow prepares to address #UNGA on Thursday, CPJ calls on authorities not to pass the Communication Bill 2025 or Cybercrime Bill 2023, which would, in their current form, jail journalists for false news and defamation. Authorities must also prioritize implementation of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission’s recommendations that former President Yahya Jammeh, who went into exile in 2017, and his “Junglers” death squad should be held to account for their crimes against journalists. Read more: cpj.org/2023/11/cpj-welcomes… 📷 Jallow in 2025 (Photo: Reuters/Caitlin Ochs)

#Ethiopia 🇪🇹 CPJ calls on President Taye Atske Selassie to uphold Ethiopia’s “historic commitment” to “upholding human dignity” and “justice” that he referred to in his speech to #UNGA on Wednesday by immediately releasing five journalists who have spent more than three years in detention awaiting trial. Gobeze Sisay, Meskerem Abera, Genet Asmamaw, Dawit Begashaw, and Abay Zewdu have been detained since 2023 on terrorism charges linked to their reporting on the conflict in the Amhara region. In August, the five journalists were pressured to sign apology letters admitting responsibility for the conflict in exchange for their release. They refused. CPJ also calls on authorities to demonstrate these principles and their commitment to "free peoples" by ending the pressure on independent media through the revocation of journalists’ credentials, expulsion of foreign outlets, and raids on newsrooms. Read more: cpj.org/2026/08/in-ethiopia-…

#Niger 🇳🇪 Alors que le Premier ministre Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman s’apprête à s’exprimer devant l’Assemblée générale des nations unies #UNGA, le CPJ appelle une nouvelle fois les autorités nigériennes à enquêter et à communiquer sur le sort du journaliste Moussa Kaka, disparu depuis le 31 août. En savoir plus : cpj.org/2026/09/in-niger-pro… Le Niger affiche un triste tableau en matière de liberté de la presse avec plusieurs journalistes arrêtés au cours des dernières années et un durcissement des restrictions à la liberté d’expression. 📷 Mahaman in 2025 (Reuters)

#Cameroun 🇨🇲 Le CPJ appelle les autorités camerounaises à établir les responsabilités dans la détention de quatre journalistes soupçonnés d’avoir volé les lunettes d’un ministre, une affaire qui a suscité des appels au boycott des événements du ministre. « L’expérience de la détention arbitraire vécue par François Essomba, Igor Gwet Bibey, Solange Djuikam et Pierre Mouchili illustre la réalité terrifiante du métier de journaliste au Cameroun, où une journée ordinaire de reportage peut rapidement tourner au cauchemar », a déclaré Moussa Ngom, représentant du CPJ pour l’Afrique francophone. Solange Djuikam a passé sept nuits en cellule avant d’être libérée, tandis que François Essomba, Igor Gwet Bibey et Pierre Mouchili ont été gardés à vue pendant cinq nuits. En savoir plus : cpj.org/2026/09/4-cameroonia…