Burkina Faso: journalists detained amidst escalating media crackdown

Click to expand Image (Nairobi) – Human Rights Watch reported today that the military junta in Burkina Faso apprehended three journalists on March 24, 2025, for their reporting on the…

Amnesty International warns of escalating repression in Niger since the coup

Eighteen months after the military takeover on July 26, 2023, which ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, the CNSP military administration is significantly tightening its control over Niger. A new report from…