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Five journalists arrested in raids on Senegal’s 7TV and RFM broadcasters
Dakar, October 29, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to immediately release two journalists arrested in an October 28-29, 2025, crackdown on two outlets — 7TV and RFM — that had broadcast interviews with a politician wanted by authorities. Three other journalists were also detained during the raid on RFM, but released the same day. The journalists in custody as of October 29 were Maimouna Ndour Faye, owner…
After interviewing their colleague Madiambal Diagne at a distance, currently in France under a request for extradition, journalists Maimouna Ndour Faye (7TV) and Babacar Fall (RFM) were placed in custody in Dakar. A measure that arouses a great deal of emotion in Senegal.
In Senegal, the press has been boiling since Wednesday, 29 October. In question, the arrests of two journalists in the offices of their editors, Maimouna Ndour Faye de 7TV and Babacar Fall de RFM. Our colleague and consœur were taken by the police after dealing with the case of Madiambal Diagne, the Senegalese businessman prosecuted by the Senegalese justice system and currently under judicial supervision in France.
2 prominent Senegalese journalists arrested
According to Lamine Niang, director general of "Le Soleil," the two journalists should not have defied the authorities. "We cannot continue to defy the state with impunity. The pen and the microphone grant rights, but above all, they impose responsibilities. Let everyone bear the legal consequences of their positions," Lamine Niang wrote on his Facebook page. It should be noted that Maimouna Ndour Faye, head of 7TV, and Babacar Fall, director of…
Direct: Follow the Case of Madiambal Diagne with the Arrests of Maimouna Ndour Faye and Babacar Fall
Follow with us the live evolution of the Madiambal Diagne case. After the arrest of Maimouna Ndour Faye and Babacar Fall, two new arrests took place this Wednesday: Sheikh Tidiane Diagne and Abdou Thiam, journalists at the RFM, were arrested and then released after hearing. At the same time, the signals of TFM and 7TV were cut off on the TNT. SeneNews keeps you informed minute by minute of all the latest developments.
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