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Africa: Senegal – Faj Calls On the African Commission and African States to Protect Journalists, Investigate Attacks and End the Culture of Impunity

eriinfo.com2 days ago07 mins

In presenting the statement, FAJ President Omar Faruk Osman, said that the African Charter has promised to protect the rights of journalists. However, 40 years after the coming into force of the Charter, African journalists are still being killed, abducted tortured and detained. “Newsrooms have been raided or shut down. Equipment has been seized. Reporters…

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Africa: Niger – FAJ Calls for Urgent Investigations Over Missing Journalist

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago04 mins

According to information available to FAJ, Kaka left the RTS offices in the capital, Niamey, at around 7 p.m. on 31 August 2026 to return home but never arrived . His family and colleagues have been unable to contact him, and his vehicle is also reported missing. More than a month later, no public account…

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Africa: Ghana to Host 6th Faj Continental Congress

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

Ghana has won the bid to host the 6th Continental Congress of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) after the FAJ Steering Committee unanimously approved the bid submitted by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). The decision was taken at a two-day meeting of the Steering Committee held in Accra from September 17 to 18, 2026….

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Africa: FAJ Calls for Urgent Protection Amidst Growing Threats Confronting African Journalists

eriinfo.com10 months ago05 mins

FAJ and its affiliated journalist unions and associations continue to document intimidation, arbitrary detention, online harassment, censorship and physical attacks against journalists across the continent. These violations do not only endanger individual media professionals. They also undermine the public’s right to information, which is central to human rights and democratic accountability. When journalists are silenced,…

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Africa: Stop the Digital War On Women Journalists: FAJ Urges Action to End Impunity in Africa

eriinfo.com12 months ago07 mins

The 2025 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) theme, “Chat GBV: Raising Awareness on AI-facilitated Gender-Based Violence against Women Journalists,” highlights the urgent need to confront the use of artificial intelligence and other digital tools to harass, silence and endanger women working in the media. These online attacks, including coordinated harassment,…