Access To Information | Joint Petition on the Need to Ensure Internet Availability at all Times in Eswatini July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), IFEX, Panos…
Access To Information | Southern Africa Development Community Ignores Media in Vision 2050 June 24, 2021 The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) on June 21, 2021, wrote to the Chairperson of the Southern Africa Development…
Access To Information | Ghana RTI Court case: MFWA Disappointed at Ruling June 18, 2021June 24, 2021 The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has received with disappointment the ruling on June 17, 2021 by the Human…
Access To Information | The State of Access to Information in South Africa April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Since the start of South Africa’s democracy in 1994, human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression and access…
Access To Information | GPU Begins Nationwide Sensitization on Access to Information, Media Self-regulation February 17, 2021 The Gambia Press Union, with support from the British Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, is implementing a project aimed…
Access To Information | World Radio Day 2021: MFWA Applauds the Resilience, Versatility of Radio in the Face of COVID-19 February 13, 2021February 15, 2021 The theme for this year’s World Radio Day – New World, New Radio – highlights and celebrates the significance and…
Access To Information | How Liberia’s Coronavirus Misinformation Spread Far More than the Virus Itself November 12, 2020 On March 16, 2020, the first coronavirus case in Liberia was confirmed; a government official, Mr. Nathaniel Blama who traveled…
Access To Information | 8 Journalists Killed in 3 Years: The Deplorable State of Press Freedom in Somalia October 26, 2020November 2, 2020 Somalia remains one of the most dangerous places for journalists across the globe. For the fifth year in a row,…
Access To Information | Niger Passes New Law on Interception of Communications September 1, 2020 By Simone Toussi and Thomas Robertson | In response to national security challenges related to terrorism, ethnic conflict and organized…
Access To Information | Media Development | Safety of Journalists | Media, Police Commit to Effective Collaboration to Promote Peaceful Elections in Ghana August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Journalists and police officers in the Ashanti and Northern regions have committed to collaborating to promote peaceful elections in Ghana….
Access To Information | Journalist Chin’ono Denied Bail Yet Again August 24, 2020 Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was on 24 August 2020, denied bail yet again following his fresh bail application on the basis…
Access To Information | Ethiopia: AFEX Joins Call for Facebook to Act on Violence-Inciting Speech August 13, 2020 The Africa Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has joined thirty-five other organisations to demand action from Facebook to prevent the…