Somalia
Somalia Attacks
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...
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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 Digital Rights
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 Free Expression and The Law
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 Attacks
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...
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African Internet Governance Stakeholders Urge Governments to Put Premium on Digital Rights of Citizens
The membership of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and other African internet governance stakeholders attending the Sixth African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF)...
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Stakeholders to Prioritise Safety of Journalists and Issues of Impunity in Africa
Communiqué
A one-day Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity was held in Juba, South Sudan, on Monday, December 11,...
Somalia Attacks
TV Journalist Killed in Somalia
This statement was originally published on nusoj.org on December 11, 2017.
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in strongest terms possible the targeted...
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Baseline Study on Internet Freedom in Africa
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has launched its maiden Internet Freedom in Africa Report at the sixth African Internet Governance Forum on...
Somalia Impunity
Journalists Call for Effective Measures to Tackle Impunity
This statement was originally published on nusoj.org on November 2, 2017.
Journalists converged in Mogadishu on 2 November 2017 for roundtable meeting hosted by the...
Somalia Free Expression and The Law
NUSOJ Holds Training on Freedom of Expression and Media Law for Somali Journalists
This statement was originally published on nusoj.org on September 23, 2017.
A training on freedom of expression, media law and defamation, organized by the National...
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Somalia, South Sudan, Still a Minefield for Journalists
Journalists continue to face danger while reporting in conflict zones across the Horn of Africa region. Several journalists have been physically assaulted, arrested and...