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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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Burkina FasoGambiaGhanaNigeria  Free Expression and The Law

MFWA to Award Excellent Journalism in West Africa

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on August 2, 2017 officially launched the first ever West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA)...
Somalia  Free Expression and The Law

AFEX Petitions Somali President over Repressive Media Bill

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has called on the President of Somalia, Mr Mohamed Abdullahi Mohammed Farmaajo, to ensure that new repressive...
Guinea  Attacks

Journalist Detained for Erroneous Report

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on June 30, 2017. Gendarmes in Guinea have arrested and detained a journalist for two days after he...
Zimbabwe  Free Expression and The Law

Zimbabwe: New Censorship Board to ‘regulate and control’ Media

This statement was originally published on zimbabwe.misa.org on May 24, 2017. A new Board of Censors has been put in place to regulate and control...
Nigeria  Free Expression and The Law

AFEX Members in Nigeria Call on Government to Ensure Enabling Environment for Media Practice

This statement was originally published on ipcng.org on May 3, 2017. On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day 2017, a coalition of media...
Ghana  Free Expression and The Law

Ghana: Journalist Fined for Contempt

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 24, 2017. A journalist with the Daily Graphic, Ghana’s leading newspaper with nationwide circulation, has been sentenced...
Cote d'Ivoire  Free Expression and The Law

Cote d’Ivoire: Media Regulator Suspends Sports Paper over “Unproven Allegations”

This statement was published on mfwa.org on March 24, 2017. The print media regulator in Cote d’Ivoire, Conseil National de la Presse (CNP), has suspended...
Sierra Leone  Free Expression and The Law

Update: Police in Sierra Leone have Returned Passport of Anti-Corruption Activist after 45 Days

Sierra Leonean police have returned the passport of Abdul Fatoma, the Chief Executive Officer of the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI),...
Uganda  Free Expression and The Law

Uganda: Court Acquits Four Journalists of Criminal Defamation Charges

This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on March 16, 2017. The Chief Magistrates Court at Buganda Road has acquitted four journalists of criminal defamation...
Nigeria  Free Expression and The Law

Nigeria: 54 Radio and Television Stations Shut Down by Regulator

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 14, 2017. The licences of 54 broadcast stations in Nigeria have been revoked over failure to...
LiberiaSomaliaUganda  Access To Information

AFEX Urges Women Journalists to Assert Themselves despite Challenges

March 8 each year is celebrated as International Women’s Day (IWD). The day is set aside to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women...
Somalia  Attacks

NUSOJ Condemns Fresh Attacks on Media in Puntland, Calls for Respect for Journalists’ Freedom

This statement was originally published on nusoj.org on March 6, 2017. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today condemned fresh attacks on media...
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