(Nairobi) – Niger ’s authorities should urgently disclose the whereabouts of the prominent journalist Moussa Kaka, who was forcibly disappeared two months ago, Human Rights Watch said today. They should ensure his safety and release him unless he has been charged with a valid criminal offense.

On August 31, 2026, Kaka, the director-general of Radio Télévision Saraounia and a former correspondent for Radio France Internationale (RFI), left his office in Niamey, the capital, to return home but never arrived, raising immediate concerns . For weeks, his family and colleagues were not able to obtain information about his whereabouts. On September 25, during Niger’s Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations in Geneva, Justice Minister Alio Daouda acknowledged that Kaka was being detained .…