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AFEX members elected to the IFEX Council

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The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) extends its warmest congratulations to three outstanding leaders from our member organisations who have been elected to the prestigious IFEX...
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Navigating Digital Rights in Africa amidst Increasing Foreign Malign...

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On May 21, 2026, more than 300 delegates convened in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 19th edition of the Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KeIGF) to...
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South Sudan  Access To Information

AMDISS Raises Awareness on Media Laws for CSOs in South Sudan

This statement was originally published on AMDISS on October 24, 2016. “You people are very quick in responding to human rights violations” Alfred Taban tells...
Somalia  Access To Information

AFEX Welcomes the Release of Journalist

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

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AFEX Members Reaffirm Commitment to Digital Rights in Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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