Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- Dakar, February 14, 2024-Senegalese authorities must identify and hold accountable police officers who attacked, harassed, and tear gassed or detained at least 25 journalists reporting on protests over the country's delayed poll and allow the press to report the news safely and without fear of intimidation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday.

"Police in Senegal should be working to protect the press, not attacking and throwing tear gas at journalists to prevent them from reporting on political demonstrations," said Angela Quintal, head of CPJ's Africa program, in New York. "The detention and beating of journalist Absa Hane is a particularly alarming indication of the lengths Senegalese police seem to...