Malick Aliou Maïga Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Attacks on the Press: Between Insurgents, Governments

February 14, 2013 12:05 AM EST

The rise of extremist groups who target journalists is a potent risk. By Mohamed Keita

Attacks on the Press: Journalism and Religion

February 14, 2013 12:04 AM EST

Editors think twice, reporters do not dig deeply, columnists choose words carefully. By Jean-Paul Marthoz

Attacks on the Press: Divided, Journalists Are at Risk

February 14, 2013 12:04 AM EST

No amount of security training can make up for a lack of professional solidarity. By Frank Smyth

In Mali, rebels assault journalist, force station off the air

September 19, 2012 1:59 PM EDT

Rebel fighters of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), a separatist movement of ethnic Tuaregs in northern Mali, stormed the offices of private Radio Adar Khoïma in the northeastern town of Gao on April 3, 2012, according to local journalists and news reports. The rebels kidnapped a journalist and assaulted him, and…

People from Mali's north protest against the Islamist takeover of their region in the capital, Bamako, on July 4. (AP/Harouna Traore)

In Mali, Islamic militants beat journalist, close radio station

August 7, 2012 5:00 PM EDT

Lagos, Nigeria, August 7, 2012–Members of an Islamist militant group attacked a radio journalist in Mali on Sunday and ordered his station off the air, according to local journalists and news reports. The attack was in retaliation for the station’s coverage of local protests, according to local journalists and a leader of the Islamist group.