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Kenya  Freedom Of Assembly

AFEX Condemns blatant violations of fundamental freedoms during protests...

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The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network committed to protecting and advancing the rights of all persons to speak freely, access information,...
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Digital Rights

AFEX condemns the unjust and excessive restriction of access...

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From May 20 to May 21, 2025, Tanzanians faced a wave of digital restrictions impacting their X accounts. This shutdown occurred without any official...
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Gambia  Attacks

The Gambia: Reporter Assaulted for Asking Harmless Question

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 7, 2017. A reporter of the Forayaa newspaper, Kebba Jeffang, has been assaulted by supporters of...
Somalia  Attacks

NUSOJ Condemns Fresh Attacks on Media in Puntland, Calls for Respect for Journalists’ Freedom

This statement was originally published on nusoj.org on March 6, 2017. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today condemned fresh attacks on media...
Sierra Leone  Attacks

AFEX Denounces Harassment of Anti-Corruption Activist by Sierra Leonean Authorities

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) denounces the harassment of Abdul Fatoma, the Chief Executive Officer of the Campaign for Human Rights and...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Journalists Charged with Criminal Trespass, Released on Bond

This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on  February 23, 2017. Two journalists, Dean Lubowa Saava and Fidel Arinaitwe, were on 23rd February 2017, arrested...
Zambia  Attacks

MISA Zambia Condemns Seizure of Mast Newspaper Equipment, Raid on Editor in Chief’s Residence

This statement was originally published on misa.org on February 25, 2017. MISA Zambia condemns, in the strongest terms, the action by the state and police...
Guinea  Attacks

Guinea: Seven Dead in Police Crackdown on Students’ Protest

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 23, 2017. At least seven people have been killed after police in the Guinean capital, Conakry...
Cameroon  Attacks

Internet Blackout Rages on in North-west and South-west Cameroon

It has been exactly 39 days today, February 24, 2017 since the Cameroonian government shut down the Internet in the two Anglophone regions of...
Togo  Attacks

Togo: Journalist Attacked for the Second Time in 12 Days

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 20, 2017. Robert Avotor, a reporter with the L’Alternative newspaper in Togo, who was recently assaulted...
Cote d'IvoireGuineaNigeria  Attacks

Press Freedom under Siege in West Africa: 30 Media Workers Arrested in 38 Days

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 20, 2017. Press freedom has come under severe attack in West Africa as security agencies, particularly...
Benin  Attacks

Benin: Police Disrupt Student Press Conference, Tear-Gas Them

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 18, 2017.  Police in Benin have used tear gas to disperse a group of university students...
Attacks

MFWA, IM2DH Petition Togolese Gendarmerie to Investigate Assault on Reporter

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 16, 2017. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and its national partner in Togo,  Institut...
Cote d'Ivoire  Attacks

Cote d’Ivoire UPDATE: Six Detained Journalists Released

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 15, 2017. Six journalists detained on February 12, 2017 for reporting on a recent mutiny by...
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