Abdirahman Mohamud Ali is the fifth Somali journalist to be killed within a week, reports say. His beheaded body was reportedly found in Mogadishu yesterday, but no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks. Ali, 26, reportedly worked for the news website cayaarahamaanta.com. Ahmed Abdulahi Fanah, 32, of SAPA News Agency, was shot to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the killing of a journalist in northern Somalia and an assassination attempt on another journalist, which left him seriously wounded. According to local news reports, Ahmed Farah Ilyas, 25, a correspondent for the privately owned Universal TV, was shot dead on Oct. 23 in the Las Anod district […]

One can only imagine the feeling of satisfaction and vindication that Greek journalist Dimitris Hortargias must have felt on Dec. 22, 2015, when lawmakers overwhelmingly approved critical reforms to Greece’s Press Law, widely known then as the “press killer”. “All I was thinking on that day was that no other colleague of mine will have to […]

Two journalists working for a French television station were detained in the Nigerian city of Jos by members of the military, interrogated, and eventually ordered to leave Plateau State, the Associated Press reported today. TFI journalist Jeremie Drieu and his local colleague Ahmad Salkida were in Jos to report on the recent unrest there. They […]