Congolese police raided the privately owned television production studio Kin Lartus, detained at least 10 of the studio’s journalists, and seized equipment, according to Kin Lartus journalists and a local, independent press freedom group.
The authorities in Ethiopia should investigate an attack on a news crew from the state-owned Dire Dawa Mass Media Agency that led to the death of the crew’s driver, Suleiman Mahamed, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. CPJ also urges the government to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urges authorities in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region in Somalia, to immediately release journalist Ibrahim Obo Daud, also known as Suldan Godogodo.
