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Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations

MRA, others, write to Nigerian President seeking accountability for...

Vivian - April 2, 2026 0

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has partnered with five other Nigerian and international media freedom organizations to write a joint letter to President Bola Ahmed...

Uganda Digital Rights

AFEX condemns the escalating assault on fundamental freedoms ahead...

Vivian - January 15, 2026 0

As Ugandans prepare to head to the polls on January 15, 2026, the country finds itself gripped not by open democratic contestation, but by...

Somalia Access To Information

AFEX Welcomes the Release of Journalist

October 19, 2016

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has learnt with relief and satisfaction that Somali journalist Abdi Adan Guled, has been released after spending...

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International Day for Universal Access to Information

September 28, 2016

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AFEX Members Reaffirm Commitment to Digital Rights in Africa

September 7, 2016

Introduction The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held its 4thAnnual General Meeting (AGM) in Grahamstown, South Africa, on August 31, 2016. The AGM was...

Somalia Access To Information

Intelligence and Security Agency raids Radio Station, Arrests Two Journalists

August 19, 2016

This statement was originally published nusoj.org on August 18, 2016. The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) should immediately release two Radio Shabelle journalists, Ali...

Uganda Access To Information

Regional Court Grants Permission to 20 Organizations to Join Criminal Defamation Case

July 2, 2016

This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on July 1, 2016. The struggle to strike off criminal defamation from East African statute books was on...

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Niger: TV5 Correspondent Banned by Government

June 27, 2016

In a letter dated June 21, 2016, the Nigerien Minister of Communication, Amina Moumouni, accused Nathalie of “failure to respect the letter and spirit...

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Niger: Social Media Activist Sentenced for Facebook Comment

June 27, 2016

Abdoul Moumouni Ousmane, a social media and civil society activist in Niger, has been given a six month suspended sentence by a High Court...

Uganda Access To Information

Journalists kicked out of Ugandan Parliament

June 21, 2016

This statement was originally published on Watch Dog on June 20, 2016. Parliament has finally thrown out experienced reporters that were deemed critical of the...

Democratic Republic Of Congo Access To Information

How a DRC station encouraged people to lay down arms and start conversations

June 20, 2016

This article was originally published on ifex.org on June 17, 2016. In 2002, Radio Okapi became the first station in the DRC to broadcast across...

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Uganda: Radio journalist Beaten to Death

June 17, 2016

This statement was originally published hrnjuganda.org on June 16, 2016. Thomas Ssettuba, the Programmes Manager of Radio Ssese, in Kalangala district was on 14th June,...

Gambia Access To Information

Two Years On: Gambia Yet to Comply With ECOWAS Court ruling on Murder of Deyda Hydara

June 10, 2016

Today June 10, 2016, marks two years after the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice found that the Gambian government failed to conduct a proper...

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