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GPU urges police to drop charges against activist
(Banjul, The Gambia, 15 Nov., 2023) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) is calling on the Gambia Police Force (GPF) to drop all charges...
Freedom of Expression
Charter on AI and Journalism launched
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in partnership with 16 other organisations on November 10, 2023 launched the inaugural Charter on AI and Journalism, which coincided...
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...
Nigeria Free Expression and The Law
Nigeria: IPC Denounces Regulator’s Excessive Fine on Radio Station
The International Press Centre (IPC) has expressed dismay over the imposition of a fine of N5million (about USD 13,032) on the Nigeria Info 99.3FM...
Nigeria Free Expression and The Law
COVID-19: IPC Calls for Measures to Protect Journalists; Urges Caution in Reporting the Pandemic
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, has called on media proprietors (both private and government) to provide journalists covering the Covid-19 health crisis in...
West Africa Free Expression and The Law
Media Coverage of COVID-19: Stick to Facts, Avoid Sensationalism
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has taken note of the rising spate of COVID-19 cases in West Africa and urges the media...
West Africa Free Expression and The Law
February 2020 in West Africa: Two Dead, Internet Disrupted and State Broadcaster Shutdown
The freedom of expression environment in West Africa in February 2020 saw little improvement on that of January with incidents of deaths, detentions and...
Free Expression and The Law
African Commission Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Free Expression, 14 Other Special Mechanism by 6 Months
This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.net on November 25, 2019.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) has renewed the mandate of...
Zimbabwe Access To Information
Zimbabwe Must Introduce Laws that Promote Journalists’ Safety
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) supports the recent call by its member, Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe Chapter urging the...
Cameroon Access To Information
Cameroonian Government Must Act to End Ongoing Attacks on Press Freedom
In a joint report produced by the Accra-based African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and its member in Cameroon, Association pour Le Développement Intégré...
GhanaLiberiaTanzania Free Expression and The Law
Boost to Freedom of Expression Rights in Africa as Progressive Laws, Court Rulings Define First Quarter of 2019
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange’s (AFEX) monitoring of the Freedom of Expression (FOE) Situation in Africa during January-March 2019 recorded some positive developments...
EthiopiaGhanaMozambiqueNigeriaSouth SudanTanzaniaZimbabwe Free Expression and The Law
AFEX Appeals to African Governments to Actively Promote and Defend Freedom of Expression ahead of World Press Freedom Day Celebration
In the next few days, hundreds of stakeholders across the globe will converge in Africa in the Ethiopian capital and host city of the...
Zambia Censorship
AFEX Calls on Zambia’s Media Regulator to Reinstate Prime Television
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) together with its member, MiSA Zambia, is dismayed at the decision of the country’s media regulatory body,...
Zambia Attacks
Critical Private TV Station under Attack from State Officials in Zambia
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) firmly condemns the recent attacks by affiliates of Zambia’s ruling, Patriotic Front (PF) party against Prime Television...