26/01/2026
Niger arrests DW correspondent over report on Nigerian refugees
Dakar, January 26, 2026?The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities in Niger to release Gazali Abdou Tasawa, a correspondent for the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), who was arrested over a report on Nigerian refugees living by a cemetery. ?Gazali Abdou Tasawa is the fifth journalist trapped behind bars in Niger because of reporting that questions Nigerien authorities? governance, reinforcing an escalating pattern of the press being criminalized,? said Moussa Ngom, CPJ#8217;s Francophone Africa representative. ?Arrest...
