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Somalia 

Prominent Rights Groups Call on Somaliland President to Intervene in Deteriorating Freedom of Expression Situation

Fifteen leading human rights organisations that seek to promote freedom of expression rights in Africa have called on the President to Somaliland, a self-declared...
KenyaTanzaniaUgandaZambia 

Constricting Cyberspace: African Governments Target Social Media Users in New Laws

Increasingly, governments across the African continent are intentionally adopting laws and policies aimed at limiting citizens’ rights online. The end to this phenomenon does...
Uganda 

Ugandan Government Taxes Social Media Users, Threat to Internet Rights

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has learnt with disappointment the passage of the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which seeks to tax...
Uganda 

Ugandan Government Taxes Social Media Users, a Threat to Internet Rights

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has learnt with disappointment the passage of the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which seeks to tax...
Uganda 

Ugandan Government Taxes Social Media Users, Threat to Internet Rights

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has learnt with disappointment the passage of the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which seeks to tax...
Somalia 

AFEX Denounces Increased Attacks on Online Expression in Somaliland

Authorities in Somaliland should refrain from harassing journalists and individuals for exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression online. The African Freedom of...
Somalia 

AFEX Denounces Increased Attacks on Online Expression in Somaliland

Authorities in Somaliland should refrain from harassing journalists and individuals for exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression online. The African Freedom of...
Somalia 

Update: Jailed Somaliland Poet and Activist Granted Presidential Pardon

Somaliland president, Muse Bihi has ordered the release of Naima Ahmed, a young poet and activist who was sentenced to three years in prison. According...
Somalia 

Violation of Freedom of Expression Rights: Somaliland Jails Activist, Citizen

A provincial court in Hargeisa, a city in Somaliland, Somalia’s self-declared republic has sentenced an activist and a civilian to three years and 18...
Tanzania 

Tanzania’s Newly Adopted Electronic and Postal Communication Code is Retrogressive and an Affront to Free Speech – AFEX

Despite several calls by civil society and international bodies urging the government of Tanzania to revise or withdraw portions its Electronic and Postal Communications...
Tanzania 

Tanzania’s Newly Adopted Electronic and Postal Communication Code is Retrogressive and an Affront to Free Speech – AFEX

Despite several calls by civil society and international bodies urging the government of Tanzania to revise or withdraw portions its Electronic and Postal Communications...
Democratic Republic Of CongoGhanaUgandaZimbabwe 

State of Right to Information Report 2017

The Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) has put together a comprehensive report on the State of #RighttoInformation for 2017 covering 18 African Countries. Kindly...