Prominent Niger Journalist Feared Forcibly Disappeared

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Click to expand Image Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka, former correspondent for Radio France Internationale, February 12, 2007. © 2007 Seyllou/AFP via Getty Images Three days have passed since the prominent Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka went missing, raising fears that he may have been forcibly disappeared.Kaka, director-general of Radio Télévision Saraounia and a former correspondent for Radio France Internationale, left his office in Niamey, the capital, at around 7 p.m.

on August 31 to return home. Since then, his family and colleagues have been…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · September 3, 2026

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