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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…

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Committee to Protect Journalists broke the news in on Monday, January 26, 2026.
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