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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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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...
Niger  Free Expression and The Law

Prosecutor Demands 3 Years Imprisonment for Protest Leaders

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on July 17, 2018. Prosecutors in Niger have demanded three years imprisonment for several influential civil society leaders who...
Zambia  Free Expression and The Law

AFEX Urges Zambia Government to Adopt Multi-Stakeholder Approach in Formulating Internet Policies

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins journalists, bloggers, and activists in Zambia to call on the government to develop and adopt a...
Somalia  Attacks

Prominent Rights Groups Call on Somaliland President to Intervene in Deteriorating Freedom of Expression Situation

Fifteen leading human rights organisations that seek to promote freedom of expression rights in Africa have called on the President to Somaliland, a self-declared...
Somalia  Free Expression and The Law

Update: Jailed Somaliland Poet and Activist Granted Presidential Pardon

Somaliland president, Muse Bihi has ordered the release of Naima Ahmed, a young poet and activist who was sentenced to three years in prison. According...
Tanzania  Digital Rights

Tanzania’s Newly Adopted Electronic and Postal Communication Code is Retrogressive and an Affront to Free Speech – AFEX

Despite several calls by civil society and international bodies urging the government of Tanzania to revise or withdraw portions its Electronic and Postal Communications...
Ethiopia  Attacks

Uphold Freedom of Expression Rights, AFEX Appeals to Ethiopian Government

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins the International community to condemn the ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression rights in Ethiopia. AFEX...
Zimbabwe  Free Expression and The Law

Zimbabwe’s Opposition Leader Commits to Journalists Safety

This statement was originally published on zimbabwe.misa.org on March 8, 2018. Opposition MDC –T president Nelson Chamisa on 8 March 2018 said his party is...
Uganda  Free Expression and The Law

Continued Detention of Staff of Red Pepper Newspaper, Alarming– AFEX

The Africa Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member, the Human Rights network for Journalists in Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) to denounce the continued detention...
Somalia  Free Expression and The Law

NUSOJ Holds Training on Freedom of Expression and Media Law for Somali Journalists

This statement was originally published on nusoj.org on September 23, 2017. A training on freedom of expression, media law and defamation, organized by the National...
Cameroon  Free Expression and The Law

Cameroon Crises: President Orders Release of Journalists, Consortium Leaders and Others

The President of the Republic of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has ordered the Military Court in Yaoundé to drop charges against four journalists and two...
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