Pius Njawé, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pius Njawé

journalist

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1957

Place of Birth: Babouantou, West, Cameroon

Date of Death: 12-Jul-2010

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Cameroon

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Pius Njawé (4 March 1957 – 12 July 2010) was a Cameroonian journalist and director of Le Messager as well as Le Messager Populi.
Arrested over 100 times for his reporting, Njawé won several awards for his work, including the 1991 CPJ International Press Freedom Award and the 1993 Golden Pen of Freedom.
In 2000, he was named one of International Press Institute's fifty World Press Freedom Heroes of the previous fifty years.
In Njawé's obituary, the New York Times described him as "a symbol of opposition to the autocratic regime of Paul Biya".