How the COVID-19 Fight Has Hurt Digital Rights in East Africa
By Paul Kimumwe, Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA). The fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19)…
AFEX Calls on Uganda Authorities to Ensure Safety of Journalists, Keep the Internet On during Elections
Ugandans go to the polls to elect a President on January 14, 2021, in a tensed context which has seen…
MRA Condemns Blocking of Three Websites Associated With #EndSARS Protests
Lagos, Tuesday, December 1, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the apparent surreptitious blocking of three websites associated with…
Ethiopia’s Press Freedom Dreams under Abiy Ahmed Turning into Nightmare
Before Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali came to power in 2018, the country was known for its infamous blocking of…
Lesotho: Proposed Internet Broadcasting Rules Will Stifle Free Speech
The Lesotho government, through the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA), has proposed new regulations that stipulate that individuals with more than…
African Experts Call for Vigilance and Collaboration to Push Back Problematic COVID-19 Measures that Compromise Data Privacy and Protection
Experts in Africa have urged civil society and the public to maintain vigilance on the COVID-19 laws, policies and practices…
Good News, Bad News: A Story of Internet Shutdowns in Togo And Ethiopia
The pushback against internet shutdowns in Africa received a boost last month when the Economic Community of West African States…
Zimababwean Government Urged To Enact Cybersecurity Bill In Line With Continental Benchmarks
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe and other civil society organisations have petitioned the country’s speaker of Parliament…
CIPESA Announces 2020 Fellows
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is pleased to announce the nine recipients of…
Coalition of Civil Society Groups Launches Tool to Track Responses to Disinformation in Sub Saharan Africa
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) together with Global Partners Digital (GPD), ARTICLE 19,…
Government Surveillance Should Be Lawful, Justified and Necessary
MISA Zimbabwe takes note of the chain of events that have transpired in these last few months in Zimbabwe, which…
Zimbabwe’s Cybersecurity and Data Protection Bill Entrenches Surveillance
Introduction The advent of the Internet and related technological developments have been celebrated for providing platforms for widespread and ‘unrestricted’…