Accredited in the country since 2023 for the newspaper La Croix and therefore authorized to work in all regions, Augustine Passily had to leave the territory at the request of the authorities as she returned from a 3-day reporting mission in Tigray. An area ravaged by war between 2020 and 2022. For the head of the daily's international service, Thomas Hofnug, the expulsion of Augustine Passily is a worrying message for the profession and freedom of the press.