In the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities reduced the prison sentence for Nicaise Kibel-Bel-Oka, publisher and editor of the private weekly Les Coulisses. His March sentence of five years in prison and US$2,000 in damages was reduced to six months in prison and US$5,000 in damages on 19 June. Intelligence agents reportedly arrested Kibel-Bel-Oka that same day. The charges reportedly stem from a December 2003 article that accused Jacques Kiangu, a local businessman, of failing to pay taxes on goods he imported from Uganda.

  In Mauritania, Aidahy Ould Saleck, a correspondent for the independent weekly "L’Eveil Hebdo", was interrogated by police in the city of Nouadhibou, 400 km northwest of the capital, Nouakchott on 13 June. The journalist was reportedly detained at the police station and interrogated for more than four hours in connection with a story that appeared in the 1 June edition of the paper (issue 534). The story entitled, "Police Abuses" reported on a 25 May incident during which police officers beat up a citizen.

  In Nigeria, Gbenga Faturoti, a correspondent for the "Daily Independent" newspaper in Osun State, south-west Nigeria, was reportedly severely beaten on 25 June by a group of policemen in Osogbo, the state capital. Faturoti was subsequently arrested and briefly detained. According to reports, the journalist was assaulted by the policemen on the orders of O. C. Agboromoti, an assistant superintendent of police at the Osun State parliament, attached to the House of Assembly, for failing to switch off his mobile phone while covering proceedings in the House of Assembly. Faturoti had gone to the House of Assembly to cover a special parliamentary session in honour of a deceased former internal affairs minister, Chief Sunday Michael Afolabi. He was sitting in the press gallery of the House when his phone rang during the parliamentary session, before he could switch it off. Faturoti was released shortly afterwards, following the intervention of members of the press corps attached to the state governor.

  In Somalia, Farah Roble Aden, a journalist with Horn Afrik Radio was detained by police on 25 June in Jowhar, in the region of Middle Shabelle, allegedly for entering the region illegally. The journalist had travelled to the city to cover a UNICEF programme which was taking place in the region. Three policemen reportedly visited his hotel and asked him to accompany them to the local police station. He was released two hours later following the intervention of UNICEF.