Police officers are in Luanda, Angola, on November 11, 2020. Police recently arrested and detained journalist Jorge Manuel.

Angolan journalist Jorge Manuel arrested, detained for 5 days while reporting on evictions

Politics Apr 17
Angolan authorities must refrain from arresting members of the press covering public events, and should return all equipment confiscated from journalist Jorge Manuel, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Editor-in-chief of the Akhbar Al Yaoun newspaper, Soulaimane Raissouni
Trial of Moroccan journalist accused of sexual assault postponed
Politics Feb 11
Human rights activists and supporters took part in a sit-in at the Casablanca Appeals Court to rally behind a journalist, who’s being tried over an accusation of sexual assault in Morocco.
Some Cameroonians reading newspaper front pages at a kiosk adjacent the Ministry of Finance in Yaoun
In Cameroon, journalists can’t breathe as laws stifle press freedom
Politics Dec 28
Journalists in Sierra Leone have heaved a collective sigh of relief following the repeal – after a gruelling 55-year struggle – of a law which had been weaponised by authorities to curtail press freedom.
Zimbabwe's Hopewell Chin'ono
'I was jailed for a month after exposing corruption' - Zimbabwe journalist
Politics Oct 13
In our series of letters from African journalists, Zimbabwe's Hopewell Chin'ono explains how he came face-to-face with the consequences of an alleged corruption scandal he helped highlight earlier this year.
A gavel
Journalists call for release of Kenyan held in Ethiopia
Politics Aug 10
The Foreign Correspondents' Association of East Africa has called for the release of Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma who they say is still being detained in Ethiopia despite being granted bail by a court.
Journalist, Mohamed Monir
Jailed Egyptian journalist dies of coronavirus
Politics Jul 15
A prominent Egyptian journalist has died of Covid-19, his daughter has said.