Moussa Kaka, a veteran journalist who reported on Niger for international broadcaster RFI and heads the Radiotélévision Saraounia (RTS) in the capital Niamey, has been missing since the evening of 31 August, when he was last seen leaving the station. Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders has described the case as a forced disappearance, while Niger's military authorities — led by junta leader Abdourahamane Tiani, who seized power in a 2023 coup — have issued no statement on his whereabouts. Human rights advocate Alioune Tine, founder of the Afrikajom Center think tank, has called on President Tiani to provide concrete information about Kaka's situation, noting that the prolonged silence is "totally staggering" for such a well-known professional journalist.