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#IWD2024: Inspiring women’s inclusion in Africa
Today, the world celebrates International Women’s Day 2024 under the theme of #InspireInclusion, which encourages the realisation of a gender-equal world free of bias,...
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How AFIC is Building Transparency and Accountability Across Africa...
Transparency and accountability are fundamental pillars of good governance. Transparency ensures that government processes, decisions, and data are open and accessible to the public,...
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AFEX to prioritise digital rights campaigns
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has ended its Strategy Meeting and 2nd General Meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on...
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Zambia: State of the media report available now
The 2015 second quarter report outlining the state of the media in Zambia is available now for download here. MISA Zambia launched the report...
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UN, AU and civil society seek to intervene in Criminal Defamation case of a journalist.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Prof David Kaye; the Special...
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Basotho media review Peace Building, Conflict Reporting project
On September 4, 2015, MISA Lesotho convened journalists to review the progress and impact of its Media Peace Building and Conflict Reporting Now project....
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MISA Zambia commemorates first ‘Online Media Week’
It was a week of intense activity between August 31 and September 4, 2015, when MISA Zambia commemorated its inaugural Online Media Week. The...
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Media must fight against corruption, not just report on it – MFWA
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply worried that the overwhelming majority of the media in West Africa and specifically Ghana concentrate...
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‘Online media can contribute to citizen participation, good governance’
MISA Zambia wishes to note that online media have great potential of contributing to citizen participation and good governance in Zambia through instant, on...
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MISA Zambia launches second quarter state of the media report
MISA Zambia launched the 2015 State of the Media Report for the second quarter of 2015 at the Cresta Golfview Hotel in Lusaka on...
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Liberia: Cemesp Launches Report On Media Performance
The Center for Media Studies & Peace Building or CEMESP, in collaboration with the Press Union of Liberia has released a report on media...
Uganda Access To Information
AFIC and PPDC Launch New Report on Open Contracting and Open Government in Africa
KAMPALA–Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) and Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) are pleased to launch a report, “OGP in Africa: Opportunities for Open...
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Empowering Citizens to Access Information: Transitional Countries Doing Better than Ghana
Several transitional countries in the West Africa region are doing better than Ghana in terms of demonstrating stronger commitment to transparent governance.
A number of...
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Tanzania: AFIC Urges Tanzania to Pass Strong Freedom of Information Law
Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) urges the United Republic of Tanzania to strengthen the Freedom of Information Bill that is currently before Parliament...