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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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Nigeria  Free Expression and The Law

Nigeria: Newspaper Sued, Threatened Over Critical Publication

A charity group, Al Bashar International Foundation based in Bauchi State, Nigeria, has sued the WikkiTimes Media Limited and three others for defamation over...
Zimbabwe  Free Expression and The Law

Zimbabwe’s Looming Patriot Bill Cause for Great Concern

Legislation is an old age tool that governments continue to rely on to influence civic space both negatively and positively. In Zimbabwe, this space, which...
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...
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