As a violent political crisis continues to grip Ivory Coast, press freedom in the country is deteriorating, according to media reports. Journalists have been arrested, newspaper publication has been hindered and some foreign channels are not being broadcast. Despite losing to Alassane Ouattara in elections in November, President Laurent Gbagbo has held on to power […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the release of three journalists in Ivory Coast who were arrested last week on charges of stealing confidential documents after they reported on a corruption scandal in the small West African country. On Monday, a judge ordered Theophile Kouame, Stephane Guede and Saint Clavier Oula to pay a symbolic […]

Police in the Ivory Coast have arrested three journalists on charges of stealing secret documents about a judicial inquiry into corruption in the country’s Coffee and Cocoa Bourse. Le Nouveau Courrier on Tuesday reportedly carried as its front page story an article detailing the contents and results of a report on the ongoing investigation into […]