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AFEX condemns the actions of the Somali Government against...
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the freezing of the bank account of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and calls on the...
Burundi
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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...
Ghana Access To Information
Ghana: RTI Commission Quashes Exorbitant Fees by State Agency
Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) Commission has delivered what many consider as a milestone decision that signals the Commission’s commitment to ensure an effective...
South Africa Access To Information
AFEX, FXI Express Regret Over Loss of Life, Property and Community Media during Recent Riots in South Africa
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and its member in South Africa, the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) today expressed its deepest concerns...
Gambia Access To Information
Gambia Press Union Welcomes the Passing of Access to Information Bill 2021
The Gambia Press Union and the Civil Society Coalition on Access to Information welcome the passing of the Access to Information Bill 2021 by...
Gambia Access To Information
Media Rights Agenda, Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Commend Gambia’s National Assembly for Passing Access to Information Bill into Law
Friday, July 2, 2021: The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have commended The Gambia’s National Assembly for passing the country’s...
Africa Access To Information
AFEX Calls on African Governments to Ensure Safety of Journalists, Respect Digital Rights
The Eighth General Meeting of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of African freedom of expression and media development organisations which...
EswatiniSwaziland Access To Information
Joint Petition on the Need to Ensure Internet Availability at all Times in Eswatini
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), IFEX, Panos Institute Southern Africa, and,...
Southern Africa Access To Information
Southern Africa Development Community Ignores Media in Vision 2050
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) on June 21, 2021, wrote to the Chairperson of the Southern Africa Development Community, President Filipe J....
Ghana Access To Information
Ghana RTI Court case: MFWA Disappointed at Ruling
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has received with disappointment the ruling on June 17, 2021 by the Human Rights Division of the...
South Africa Access To Information
The State of Access to Information in South Africa
Since the start of South Africa’s democracy in 1994, human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression and access to information, have been...
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...
Access To Information
World Radio Day 2021: MFWA Applauds the Resilience, Versatility of Radio in the Face of COVID-19
The theme for this year’s World Radio Day – New World, New Radio – highlights and celebrates the significance and resilience of radio in...
Liberia Access To Information
How Liberia’s Coronavirus Misinformation Spread Far More than the Virus Itself
On March 16, 2020, the first coronavirus case in Liberia was confirmed; a government official, Mr. Nathaniel Blama who traveled from Switzerland tested positive. ...