On 14 October, Zawenmanogo Dieudonné Zoungrana, publishing director of Aujourd’hui Au Faso newspaper, was detained at his home by members of the National Intelligence Agency, before being released one day later. On 13 October, Ousséni Ilboudo, editor of L’Observateur Paalga newspaper, and Michel Nana, deputy editor-in-chief of Le Pays newspaper, were also detained and then…
The October 13, 2023, attack in southern Lebanon killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six other reporters. Published On 14 Oct 202514 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Lebanon to continue its pursuit of justice over a deadly Israeli strike two years…
Addis Ababa — Kenyan journalists are lauding Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as a powerful symbol of Africa’s capacity to achieve development through self-reliance rather than foreign aid. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Kenyan journalist John Riaga praised the GERD as a milestone for the entire region. “What Ethiopia has achieved with GERD…
We mourn our fallen colleagues, we recognise the trauma carried by victim journalists and we send our heartfelt solidarity to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), whose members continue to report in fear and grief. What we are seeing is not one kind of harm but a systematic pattern of violation with few parallels in recent…
The Union of African Journalists, in cooperation with Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has concluded the 61st Training Programme for African Journalists at the Council’s Media Training and Studies Center in Cairo. The three-week programme brought together 21 journalists from 18 African countries including Tanzania, Algeria, Congo-Brazzaville, the…
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip — Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip with a missile Monday and then fired another as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health workers in Hamas-run Gaza said. At least five journalists were among those killed, health…
At least 15 people, including four journalists working for the international media, are reported to have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. A Reuters cameraman and an Associated Press journalist were among those killed in the attack at Nasser Hospital. Another journalist is reported to have worked…
The MDDA called for action to create safer digital spaces for female and queer journalists. Online harassment remains a significant threat to female and queer journalists, and these incidents are often met with inadequate intervention. This was one of the main points highlighted at a workshop discussing online gender-based violence (OGBV) against journalists, hosted by…
Media network condemns ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces. Below is Al Jazeera Media Network’s statement on the killing of Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal. Al Jazeera Media Network condemns in the strongest terms the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammed Qraiqea, along…
Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Sunday, the network said, with the Israel Defense Forces claiming one was a Hamas leader posing as a journalist. The network said that Anas al-Sharif; another journalist, Mohammed Qreiqeh; and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were killed….
