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Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day,...
LAGOS, Thursday, May 2, 2024: Four human rights and media support organizations have called on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to...
Somalia
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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...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Attacks
AFEX Demands Immediate Release of Burundian Media Professional Detained in Congo
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Journaliste en Danger (JED), to demand the...
Lesotho Attacks
Lesotho Times Editor Shot by Unknown Assailants
This statement was originally published on misa.org on July 12, 2016.
The Lesotho Times newspaper editor Lloyd Mutangamiri was shot on Saturday, July 9, at...
Somalia Attacks
AFEX Decries Arrest of Journalists, Closure of Radio Station
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), together with its member, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) deplores the closure of City FM...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Police Officer Apologises to Assaulted Journalists
A Ugandan police officer, Constable Pamela Agudo, who assaulted two journalists has publicly apologised to her victims. The apology follows a march organised by...
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AFEX Urges Sudanese Government to End Massive Crackdown on Free Speech
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply concerned about the continued wave of attacks on freedom of expression in Sudan.
Series of press...
Guinea Attacks
Guinea: Presidential Guards Beat up Reporter, Destroy his Equipment
This statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 29, 2016.
Abdoul Malick Diallo, a reporter with the private weekly Le Populaire in Guinea was...
Nigeria Attacks
Nigeria: Prison Official Assaults Journalists
This statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 29, 2016.
On June 28, 2016, a prison official, A. A. Teriba, assaulted some journalists who...
Guinea Attacks
Guinea: Radio Host, Caller Sentenced for Remarks about President
The statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 26, 2016.
The host of a popular radio programme on Milo FM in Guinea, Bouya Kebé,...
Nigeria Attacks
Nigeria: Militants Attack Radio Station
The statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 26, 2016.
On June 23, 2016, individuals suspected to be Niger-Delta militants armed with guns and...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Journalist Remanded Over Criminal Defamation Charges
This statement was origninally published on hrnjuganda.org on June 21, 2016.
Waligo Sadati a journalist with Red Pepper, based in Lyantonde District has today 21st...
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AFEX Demands Immediate Release of Detained Sudanese Students
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) demands Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) to immediately release the eight students who have been...
Ghana Attacks
Ghana: MFWA Condemns Threat Against Journalist by DCE
The statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 15, 2016.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has learnt with dismay, reports that the...