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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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Africa  Digital Rights

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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Africa  Digital Rights

Amplifying the Resolution on the Protection of Women Against Digital Violence in Africa: Towards Meaningful Actions by States

Two and a half years after the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adopted the Resolution on the Protection of Women Against...
South Sudan  Digital Rights

AMDISS Welcomes Lifting of the Ban on Facebook and TikTok in South Sudan

Juba, 28 January 2025—The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) welcomes the lifting of the blockage of Facebook and TikTok and calls...
Africa  Digital Rights

#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,...
Africa  Digital Rights

African perspectives on operationalising UNESCO’s guidelines for regulating digital platforms

Across the world, governments are introducing laws to regulate online content. Many of these laws contain provisions that may lead to the increasing removal...
Africa  Access To Information

CIPESA, others, highlight effects of disinformation on the digital civic space in Africa

The effects of disinformation on the digital civic space have been put in the spotlight at the 77th Ordinary session of the African Commission...
Africa  Digital Rights

Report: The state of internet freedom in Africa 2023

The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is proud to announce the launch of its 2023 edition of the...
Digital Rights

Internet freedom in The Gambia: legislative framework, trends and future prospects

The Gambia’s transition from autocratic rule under strongman, Yahya Jammeh, to democratic governance in 2017, brought with it major improvements in internet freedom. Now...
Senegal  Digital Rights

9 dead, TV stations shut, internet disrupted in Senegal

Nine protesters have died, the internet has been disrupted and the signals of a pro-opposition television station temporarily cut as the conviction of Senegal’s...
Africa  Digital Rights

Tackling Threats to Media Freedom and Safety in The Digital Age

The proliferation of technology has created new opportunities for journalists and journalism in Africa, but it has also come with threats. For civil society,...
West Africa  Digital Rights

How Governments in West Africa violated internet rights in 2022

In 2022, five African countries were plunged into spells of cyber disruptions that affected the lives and livelihoods of at least 30 million of...
Sudan  Digital Rights

Sudan’s internet freedom landscape remains precarious three years after ouster of Al Bashir

By Khattab Hamad Over three years since the ouster of long-term authoritarian president Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s ongoing political crisis continues to present challenges for internet...
Zimbabwe  Digital Rights

Journalists charged with publishing false data messages

What happened Alpha Media Holdings editor-in-chief Wisdom Mdzungairi and senior reporter Desmond Chingarande were on the 3 August 2022 arrested and charged over a story...
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