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Burundi
Freedom of Expression Violations
AFEX condemns the detention of journalist Sandra Muhoza
On April 14, 2024, journalist Sandra Muhoza with online media outlet La Nova Burundi was reportedly arrested by the police and later handed over...
Malawi
Freedom of Expression Violations
MISA demands immediate release of arrested Malawian journalist
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MISA demands the immediate release of the Malawi journalist, Macmillan Mhone who was arrested on Monday 8 April 2024 over a story that...
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Niger: TV5 Correspondent Banned by Government
In a letter dated June 21, 2016, the Nigerien Minister of Communication, Amina Moumouni, accused Nathalie of “failure to respect the letter and spirit...
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Niger: Social Media Activist Sentenced for Facebook Comment
Abdoul Moumouni Ousmane, a social media and civil society activist in Niger, has been given a six month suspended sentence by a High Court...
Uganda Access To Information
Journalists kicked out of Ugandan Parliament
This statement was originally published on Watch Dog on June 20, 2016.
Parliament has finally thrown out experienced reporters that were deemed critical of the...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Access To Information
How a DRC station encouraged people to lay down arms and start conversations
This article was originally published on ifex.org on June 17, 2016.
In 2002, Radio Okapi became the first station in the DRC to broadcast across...
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Uganda: Radio journalist Beaten to Death
This statement was originally published hrnjuganda.org on June 16, 2016.
Thomas Ssettuba, the Programmes Manager of Radio Ssese, in Kalangala district was on 14th June,...
Gambia Access To Information
Two Years On: Gambia Yet to Comply With ECOWAS Court ruling on Murder of Deyda Hydara
Today June 10, 2016, marks two years after the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice found that the Gambian government failed to conduct a proper...
Namibia Access To Information
Access to Information campaigners appeal against downgrading of World Bank’s Freedom of Information Programme
The African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) Working Group and other civil society organisations working on freedom of information around the globe have written to...
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NUSOJ Decries Intimidation of Journalists in Northern Somalia
This statement was originally published on nusoj.org on June 1, 2016.
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is deeply disturbed by the renewed the...
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Ugandan Authorities Must Stop the Clamp Down On Online Media Platforms- AFEX
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply concerned about the increasing disregard for freedom of expression rights both offline and online by...
Liberia Access To Information
West African Journalists Call For Isolation of Gambian President
Monrovia - The West African Journalists Association (WAJA) has declared the Gambia as the most hostile environment for journalists in the sub-region, as it...
Namibia Access To Information
The 1991 Windhoek Declaration: How Far have We come?
This Statement was originally published on whk25.misa.org.
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2016, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), salutes all...
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Access to Information in Africa- AFEX Urges Governments to do more
As the World marks Press Freedom Day today under the theme, “Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms: This is your Right!”, the African Freedom...