Four journalists were kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s southern Abia state on Sunday, according to local media. The journalists had left a conference in Akwa Ibom state when they were ambushed by gunmen in three vehicles. Their whereabouts are not known, although the kidnappers have reportedly issued a ransom demand of $1.67 million. The journalists […]

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 […]

1957 – Born Pius N. Njawé on 4 March at Babouantou in Upper Nkam in the Western Region of Cameroo 1972 – Njawé, age 15, obtains his first newspaper job as a paperboy for Seeds Africa newspaper. He would hold the position until 1974, after which he signed on as a reporter with La Gazette. 1976 – Njawé is arrested for […]

IPI’s Cuban ‘Justice Denied’ Journalist Omar Rodriguez Saludes has been freed from prison in Cuba and has landed in Madrid, his uncle, Miguel Saludes, told IPI by phone from Miami on Wednesday. Rodriguez’s arrival in Spain brings to at least seven the number of journalists who have travelled there after being released in recent days from […]