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Angela Quintal

@angelaquintal

@pressfreedom Regional Director, Africa. Ex-editor Mail & Guardian, Witness & Mercury 🇿🇦

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It is a great relief that Ugandan journalist and activist Agather Atuhaire (Agather Atuhaire) was today morning found at Uganda's border with Tanzania, after several days of incommunicado detention.

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🇨🇲 'The Land That Bleeds' This Monday, #BBCAfricaEye takes you inside Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis. 📽️ Subscribe to our YouTube channel now for first access: bit.ly/subscribetoafr…

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#DRC/#RDC journalist shot by police officer while covering insecurity protest cpj.org/2025/05/drc-jo… Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must identify and hold to account the police officer who shot journalist Samy Kambere Malikidogo while covering a public

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“DRC authorities must swiftly, thoroughly, and transparently investigate journalist Samy Kambere Malikidogo’s shooting and hold the officer responsible to account,” said Angela Quintal. cpj.org/2025/05/drc-jo… “Journalists covering events of public interest, such as public

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It tears my heart to say that my father, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o passed away earlier today. I am me because of him in so many ways, as his child, scholar and writer. I love him - I am not sure what tomorrow will bring without him here. I think that is all I have to say for now.

It tears my heart to say that my father, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o passed away earlier today. I am me because of him in so many ways, as his child, scholar and writer. I love him - I am not sure what tomorrow will bring without him here.  I think that is all I have to say for now.
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Ethiopian journalist Ahmed Awga sentenced to 2 years in prison cpj.org/2025/05/ethiop… CPJ is dismayed by an Ethiopian regional court’s decision to sentence Jigjiga Television Network founder Ahmed Awga to two years in jail on charges of disseminating hateful information via a

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Journalists: We're here to help! 💬 You can use CPJ's WhatApp chatbot to access all of our physical, digital, and psychological #JournalistSafety resources. 📲 Add CPJ’s chatbot using the number +1 206-590-6191, and text “Hello” to select from a menu of safety resources.

Journalists: We're here to help!

💬 You can use CPJ's WhatApp chatbot to access all of our physical, digital, and psychological #JournalistSafety resources.

📲 Add CPJ’s chatbot using the number +1 206-590-6191, and text “Hello” to select from a menu of safety resources.
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“My principle has always been to go and get information from the source.” — Journalist René Capain Bassène Bassène is serving a life sentence in prison for murder in #Senegal, a crime that witnesses told CPJ he couldn't have committed. More on his story: cpj.org/2025/01/cpj-fi…

“My principle has always been to go and get information from the source.”  — Journalist René Capain Bassène

Bassène is serving a life sentence in prison for murder in #Senegal, a crime that witnesses told CPJ he couldn't have committed. More on his story: cpj.org/2025/01/cpj-fi…
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TOMORROW, June 3, will mark 6 months since men in gendarme uniforms abducted journalist Habib Marouane Camara in Conakry, #Guinea’s capital. In light of this grim milestone, over 100 journalists and press freedom organisations have made a joint call for Guinean authorities to

TOMORROW, June 3, will mark 6 months since men in gendarme uniforms abducted journalist Habib Marouane Camara in Conakry, #Guinea’s capital.

In light of this grim milestone, over 100 journalists and press freedom organisations have made a joint call for Guinean authorities to
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“Thirty-seven years after the unsolved assassination of the African National Congress rep in Paris, a French court on Tuesday dismissed her family's complaint against the state for 'denial of justice' & 'gross negligence.'” via ⁦Le Monde in English⁩ lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-af…

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In June 2007, Eritrean journalist Paulos Kidane fled his country after years of repression related to his work, including being detained without charge for several weeks. Paulos was last seen in a village in northwest Eritrea, where he collapsed after days of walking. The exact

In June 2007, Eritrean journalist Paulos Kidane fled his country after years of repression related to his work, including being detained without charge for several weeks.

Paulos was last seen in a village in northwest Eritrea, where he collapsed after days of walking. The exact
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#Ethiopia: CPJ is relieved that Ethiopia Insider (Ethiopia Insider) editor-in-chief Tesfalem Waldyes (Tesfalem Waldyes) was released on bail on Friday morning. Tesfalem was arrested on June 8, and later accused of "spreading false information". Authorities should drop pending

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#SouthSudan: CPJ is relieved that Emmanuel Monychol Akop, editor-in-chief of The Dawn newspaper, was released on June 12, after more than six months behind bars. radiotamazuj.org/en/news/articl…

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#DRC journalist detained, 3 others questioned over report on stadium’s sanitation cpj.org/2025/06/drc-jo… CPJ is alarmed by the three-day detention of RTNC journalist Willy-Albert Kande and interrogation of colleagues Marcelin Mwananteba, Don Kubutana, and Laurent Ngala over

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Un collectif de journalistes du #Burundi , de #RDC ou encore du #Kenya, lance un nouvel appel pour obtenir la libération de Sandra Muhoza, emprisonnée au Burundi de… Source: JeuneAfrique.com share.google/81Hy8R6emgmjmP…

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NINE YEARS AGO, three gunmen shot Radio Mogadishu presenter and university student Sagal Salad Osman in #Somalia. No one has ever been held accountable for her killing. CPJ calls for justice for Sagal and numerous other Somali journalists killed in connection to their work.

NINE YEARS AGO,  three gunmen shot Radio Mogadishu presenter and university student Sagal Salad Osman in #Somalia.

No one has ever been held accountable for her killing.

CPJ calls for justice for Sagal and numerous other Somali journalists killed in connection to their work.
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Angela Quintal Regional Director, CPJ Africa will deliver the keynote address at the 17th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series. Theme: Surveillance, safety, and the silencing of truth Date: Sunday, 13 July 2025 Register now: bit.ly/17WSCLecture

<a href="/angelaquintal/">Angela Quintal</a> Regional Director, <a href="/CPJAfrica/">CPJ Africa</a> will deliver the keynote address at the 17th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series.
Theme: Surveillance, safety, and the silencing of truth
Date: Sunday, 13 July 2025
Register now: bit.ly/17WSCLecture