Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned about threats to journalists and media in Senegal and, in particular, Walf TV crime reporter Pape Ndiaye’s disproportionate arrest after he got something wrong in his coverage of a high-profile rape case involving an opposition politician. RSF calls on the authorities to free Ndiaye and to decriminalise press offences.
Camera operator Fatou Dione was badly injured by police while covering protests that rocked Senegal's capital Dakar in late 2022. Even though the attack has traumatised her, she vows to continue with her journalism.
Authorities charge Senegalese journalist Pape Alé Niang with harming national defense over report on leaked document modernghana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from modernghana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The police accused him of "having brought to the knowledge of the public information whose disclosure is likely to harm national defence and acts and manoeuvres likely to compromise public security and cause unrest.