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Zambia  Digital Rights

Zambian government secretly weaponizes cybercrime law with intrusive add-ons

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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...
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Kenya  Freedom of Expression

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

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Over a week has passed since six journalists were teargassed and assaulted by police in Nakuru, Kenya, while covering the arrest of former Kakamega...
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Liberia  Digital Rights

CEMESP bemoans the Jailing of Opposition Politician over Facebook Posts

The Center of Media Studies and Peace-building (CEMESP) has deplored the jailing of key opposition politician Mo Ali over a Facebook post which it...
Chad  Digital Rights

Authorities in Chad Must Refrain from Repetitive Internet Disruptions during Elections

Ahead of the Presidential elections campaigning in Chad, the authorities disrupted the internet on February 28, 2021, and attempted to restrict access to social...
Africa  Digital Rights

Annual Internet Rights Report 2020

The Internet has become a pivotal communication medium across all sectors of life, business, bank, education, governance, and politics, just to name a few....
KenyaTanzaniaUganda  Digital Rights

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) pandemic in Kenya, Tanzania, and...
Uganda  Digital Rights

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 several journalists assaulted, arrested,...
Nigeria  Digital Rights

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 the #EndSARS protests in...
Ethiopia  Digital Rights

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 websites and jamming of...
Lesotho  Digital Rights

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 100 followers on social...
Africa  Digital Rights

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 on data protection and...
EthiopiaTogo  Digital Rights

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 (ECOWAS) Community Court of...
Zimbabwe  Digital Rights

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 over the draft Zimbabwean...
Africa  Digital Rights

CIPESA Announces 2020 Fellows

The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is pleased to announce the nine recipients of its 2020 fellowship awards....
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