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Niger: Former RFI Journalist Disappears in Niger After Attempted Coup

Steady2 outlets reported this in 4 reports over 3 days
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change
  1. AllAfricaseen 4 Sept, 09:14headline rewritten

    Niger: Former Rfi Journalist Disappears in Niger After Attempted CoupNiger: Former RFI Journalist Disappears in Niger After Attempted Coup

Fri, 4 September 2026peak 2 reports on Fri, 4 September 2026Thu, 10 September 2026

What it is about

Moussa KakaRFIReporters Without BordersRadio France InternationalNigerReporters sans frontièresRadio France InternationaleNiameyCPJCommittee to Protect JournalistsRadio Télévision SaraouniaDakarNigerienMFWARadio-Télévision Saraounia

Who published it, and when

original reportedited after publishingfirst to report
AllAfrica1 original report - edited after publishing1 original report1 original report
Le Monde (France)1 original report
4 Sept, 04:12over 6 days10 Sept, 15:40

How it spread - 4 original reports

  1. Fri, 4 September 2026

    2 reports
    • AllAfrica04:12first to reportedited after publishing

      previouslyNiger: Former Rfi Journalist Disappears in Niger After Attempted Coup

      [RFI] Reporters Without Borders has called for an investigation into the disappearance of Moussa Kaka, the director of a television station in Niger and a former correspondent for Radio France International, days after a failed coup in the country.

    • Le Monde (France)18:27

      Le directeur de la Radio-Télévision Saraounia, ancien correspondant de l’ONG Reporters sans frontières et de Radio France Internationale, n’a pas été vu depuis lundi 31 août. Une disparition qui intervient deux jours après une tentative de putsch à Niamey, dans un contexte de forte dégradation de la liberté de la presse dans le pays.

  2. Thu, 10 September 2026

    2 reports
    • AllAfrica05:40

      [CPJ] Dakar -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerien authorities to take urgent action to find Moussa Kaka, CEO of the Radio Télévision Saraounia (RTS) group, who disappeared on August 31, days after authorities foiled an attempted coup.

    • AllAfrica15:40

      [MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned for the safety of Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka, Director-General of Radio-Télévision Saraounia (RTS) and a former Radio France Internationale (RFI) correspondent, who has been missing since August 31, 2026.

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