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Democratic Republic Of Congo South Sudan
Freedom of Expression
AMDISS commends the removal of problematic provisions of National...
Juba, 7th, September 2023---Association for Media Development In South Sudan (AMDISS) commends members of the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly for deleting Articles 54...
Zimbabwe
Freedom of Expression
MISA launches the State of the Media Report
MISA Zambia in partnership with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Zambia on Wednesday 30th August, launched the 2023 quarter 1 & 2 of the State of the Media...
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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MISA’s Annual Report Highlights Freedom of Expression and Digital Rights Issues in Southern Africa
The year 2021 was one of consolidation and the repositioning of our organisation in the aftermath of the several headwinds that we faced.
When we...
Nigeria Digital Rights
Nigeria: Media Rights Agenda, Others Win Suit over Twitter Ban
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ruled that the indefinite suspension of access to Twitter in Nigeria by Federal Government in June 2021...
Ghana Digital Rights
Ghana: MFWA welcomes justice for victim of sexual extortion
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the justice served by a court in Accra, Ghana, by jailing a phone repairer for sexual...
Zimbabwe Digital Rights
Zimbabwe: MISA Develops A Guide to the Cyber and Data Protection Act
The Media Institute for Southern Africa-Zimbabwe Guide has developed a guide to assist ordinary citizens, data protection advocates, human rights advocates, media organisations and...
Nigeria Digital Rights
Nigeria: MRA Rejects Government’s Attempt to Regulate Social Media
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Nigerian Government to discontinue its attempt to adopt a “Code of Practice for Interactive Computer...
Africa Digital Rights
Advancing Internet Freedom in Africa Through the UPR: Lessons and Gaps
Since its establishment in 2006, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has provided a unique process for reviewing the human rights records of all United...
Togo Digital Rights
Togo Struggles with a digital ID while actively surveilling citizens
For four years Togo has been inching towards issuing a digital identity (ID) card. While there are indications that 2022 may be the year...
Zimbabwe Censorship
Statement on the recently reported internet throttling in Zimbabwe
Internet access should be guaranteed at all times and most importantly during election periods such as the by-elections slated for 26 March 2022 in...
Ghana Digital Rights
Ghana: MFWA Welcomes High Court Ruling on Personal Data Collection by Government
A High Court in Ghana has ordered the state agency, National Communications Authority (NCA), to stop collecting personal information from mobile phone subscribers. The...
Zambia Digital Rights
Zambia: New Cyber Law Impedes Civil Liberties
Zambia is increasingly repressing the exercise of civic rights, a trend that is growing as the country heads to general elections in August 2021....
Uganda Digital Rights
Uganda Abandons Social Media Tax But Slaps New Levy on Internet Data
By Daniel Mwesigwa |
Uganda has ditched the Over-The-Top (OTT) tax that it introduced three years ago on the use of social media services after...