Kaka Touda Mamane Goni, a journalist with the Alternative bi-weekly in Niger was arrested by the Republic of Niger’ Criminal Investigative Department (CID). He was arrested regarding an interview he gave to a local private television station where he condemned leakages of a local academic examination (The Baccalauréat) and blamed the leakage on the “laxity of the authorities” in charge of organizing the examinations.