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The Gambia: GPU Condemns Physical Assault of Journalist by State House Photographer
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) condemns in the strongest terms the physical assault on a reporter for the online platform, Kerr Fatou, by President...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Nigeria: International Press Center Releases 2020 Report on State Of Attacks on Journalists
The International Press Centre (IPC) under a safety of journalists’ project supported by the Open Society Foundation (OSF) commenced the monitoring of attacks on...
Nigeria Safety of Journalists
World Press Freedom Day 2021: Information as a Public Good
The Institute for Media and Society, IMS, joins the rest of the world in celebrating the World Press Freedom Day 2021 with the theme:...
Nigeria Safety of Journalists
Lawyers Urge Federal Government to Domesticate Regional and International Instruments on the Safety of Journalists
Participants of a Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on the Safety of Journalists have called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to domesticate...
Sierra Leone Digital Rights
How Sierra Leone is Hiding Behind the Fight Against Cybercrime to Abuse Digital Rights
The Sierra Leonean government has introduced a Cyber Crime Bill (2020) in what it claims to be an attempt to tackle cybercrime and boost...
Benin Digital Rights
Elections in Benin: AFEX Calls on Authorities to Keep the Internet Open and Secure
As the people of Benin head to the polls on April 11, 2021, in Benin, the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), is calling...
Liberia Digital Rights
CEMESP bemoans the Jailing of Opposition Politician over Facebook Posts
The Center of Media Studies and Peace-building (CEMESP) has deplored the jailing of key opposition politician Mo Ali over a Facebook post which it...
Nigeria Free Expression and The Law
Nigeria: Newspaper Sued, Threatened Over Critical Publication
A charity group, Al Bashar International Foundation based in Bauchi State, Nigeria, has sued the WikkiTimes Media Limited and three others for defamation over...
Gambia Access To Information
GPU Begins Nationwide Sensitization on Access to Information, Media Self-regulation
The Gambia Press Union, with support from the British Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, is implementing a project aimed at strengthening ongoing efforts...
Nigeria
Nigeria: MRA Calls on IGP to Order Arrest and Prosecution of Brother of State Governor for Attack on Journalist
LAGOS, Thursday, February 11, 2021: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to order the immediate arrest and...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Nigeria: IPC Urges Release of Kidnapped Journalist Chidiebere Onyia
The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria, is highly disturbed that yet another journalist has been kidnapped.
The abduction at gun-point of Chidebere Onyia, a reporter...
Liberia
State of Access to Information in Liberia
Liberia’s passage of the Freedom of Information Act 2010 was an epoch-making event as it signaled a clean break from the past that had...