Wednesday, May 21, 2025
HomeAttacks

Attacks

Zambia  Digital Rights

Zambian government secretly weaponizes cybercrime law with intrusive add-ons

Vivian - 0
On April 8, 2025, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema signed into law the Cyber Crimes Act 2025,updating the 2021 version with rather very intrusive provisions. The...
Read more
Kenya  Freedom of Expression

AFEX urges the Kenyan government to help bring justice...

Vivian - 0
Over a week has passed since six journalists were teargassed and assaulted by police in Nakuru, Kenya, while covering the arrest of former Kakamega...
Read more
Ghana  Attacks

Killing of Ghanaian Journalist, Three Critical Safety of Journalists’ Issues to Consider

This statement was originally published on www.mfwa.org on January 21, 2019. On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, Ahmed Hussein Suale, a member of the Tiger Eye...
Somalia  Attacks

AFEX Deplores Bomb Attack against Somali Journalist

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) denounces an attempt by hooligans on the life of Somali journalist and Chairman of rights-based NGO, Human...
Burkina FasoCameroonCote d'IvoireEthiopiaGhanaKenyaLesothoMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaRwandaSomaliaSouth SudanSwazilandTanzaniaUgandaZimbabwe  Attacks

Stakeholders Call for a Coordination Mechanism on Safety of Journalists in Africa

Representatives from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Africa, including the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), and government institutions have agreed to establish a...
Uganda  Attacks

Police in Uganda Arrests Journalists, Shuts Down Radio Station

This statement was originally published on www.hrnjuganda.org on November 21, 2018.Unity FM radio based in Lira remains shut down since 17th November, 2018 when...
CameroonDemocratic Republic Of CongoGhanaSomaliaTogo  Attacks

AFEX Calls on African Governments to Promote Safety of Journalists, Combat Impunity

Resolution At the end of the Sixth General Meeting of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held in Accra, Ghana, on November 7 and...
GhanaGuineaNigeriaSomaliaZimbabwe  Attacks

Killing of Journalists and Protesters in Guinea and Somalia in Third Quarter of 2018 Remain Unaddressed

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply concerned about the continuing impunity in Guinea and Somalia where the police and other judicial...
Attacks

AFEX Condemns Gruesome Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Calls on the UN to take Decisive Action against Saudi Arabia

Accra, Ghana, Monday, October 29, 2018:  The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of prominent media and freedom of expression organisations across...
Zimbabwe  Attacks

Police confiscate journalist’s press card

This statement was originally published on zimbabwe.misa.org on October 17, 2018. Police in Masvingo on 17 October 2018 threatened Godfrey Mutimba a journalist who writes...
Zambia  Attacks

AFEX Denounces Killing of Student by Zambian Police

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the acts of brutality against student demonstrators by Zambian police which has resulted in the killing...
Ghana  Attacks

Journalist Brutalised on Alleged Orders of Politician

This statement was originally published on www.mfwa.org on August 29, 2018. Thugs believed to have been hired by a politican, Hassan Ayariga, have attacked a...
CameroonDemocratic Republic Of CongoSomaliaZimbabwe  Attacks

State Security Agents, Lead Violators of Freedom of Expression Violations in Africa

State security agents accounted for a majority of violations recorded in the first half of 2018 (January-June) according to the Freedom of Expression (FOE)...
Zimbabwe  Attacks

Soldier Assaults Foreign Journalist

This statement was originally published on zimbabwe.misa.org on August 2, 2018. Yeshiel Panchia a journalist with the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) was on 2...
1234...19Page 3 of 19

AFEX is a continental network of some of the most prominent African freedom of expression and media rights advocacy organisations that are also members of IFEX, a global free expression network.

FOLLOW US

32 Otele Avenue,     East Legon, Accra, Ghana.     Tel: +233 30 255 5327     Email: info [@] africafex.org     Contact us

About us

Our network

On the issues

Our newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter

To be updated with all the latest news, offers and special announcements.

© 2023 African Freedom of Expression Exchange