The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network committed to protecting and advancing the rights of all persons to speak freely, access information,...
From May 20 to May 21, 2025, Tanzanians faced a wave of digital restrictions impacting their X accounts. This shutdown occurred without any official...
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply concerned about the decision of the Electoral Commission of Rwanda to vet and approve the...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on May 22, 2017.
Stakeholders from government, telecommunications industry, academia, civil society organisations, media and the general public...
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), on April 13, 2017 petitioned the African Union (AU) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access...
Exactly sixty days ago, today (March 17, 2017), the government of Cameroon shut down the internet and banned the activities of the Cameroon Anglophone...
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is concerned about the deteriorating freedom of expression and press freedom situation in Cameroon amidst ongoing protests...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 14, 2014.
Nigerian police have arrested Desmond Utomwen, publisher of FreshNews, an online journal, following a...
Freedom of expression online is under attack in Tanzania as the Government abuses legal and judicial processes to suppress critical voices on the Internet,...
Introduction
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held its 4thAnnual General Meeting (AGM) in Grahamstown, South Africa, on August 31, 2016. The AGM was...
This statement was originally published on www.hrnjuganda.org on September 1, 2016.
Police in Moroto District, North Eastern Uganda summoned a freelance journalist, Teba Arukol, over...
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) will hold a two-day digital rights capacity building workshop on August 29 & 30, 2016, in Grahamstown,...
This statement was originally published by MFWA on August 19, 2016.
There has been a suspected social media shutdown in Mali since August 17, 2016.
Reports...