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Burundi
Freedom of Expression Violations
AFEX condemns the detention of journalist Sandra Muhoza
On April 14, 2024, journalist Sandra Muhoza with online media outlet La Nova Burundi was reportedly arrested by the police and later handed over...
Malawi
Freedom of Expression Violations
MISA demands immediate release of arrested Malawian journalist
What happened
MISA demands the immediate release of the Malawi journalist, Macmillan Mhone who was arrested on Monday 8 April 2024 over a story that...
Zimbabwe Free Expression and The Law
Zimbabwe: Criminal Defamation Unconstitutional, Constitutional Court
African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and MISA-Zimbabwe jointly welcome the judgement delivered by Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court on February 3, 2016 to repeal Criminal...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: City Tycoon ‘fails’ to pin Journalists in a Criminal Defamation Case.
This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on January 27, 2016.
Hearing of a criminal defamation case in which four journalists Ronald Nahebwa, Benon Tugumisirize, Madina...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Police Arrest Journalists and Musician protesting the Unauthorized use of Song by Telecommunication Company.
This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on January 19, 2016.
Four journalists and a local artist were on January 18, 2016, arrested and detained...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Police shoots, detains journalist and assaults others covering opposition politicians.
Police in Jinja district in Eastern Uganda have on October 15, 2015 shot and injured a Radio One correspondent in the area, Ivan Vincent...
Zambia Access To Information
Zambia: State of the media report available now
The 2015 second quarter report outlining the state of the media in Zambia is available now for download here. MISA Zambia launched the report...
Zimbabwe Attacks
MISA Zimbabwe condemns Pres. Mugabe’s threats against the media
MISA Zimbabwe strongly condemns threats by President Robert Mugabe against the media made on 15 September 2015 while addressing guests at a luncheon hosted...
NigeriaUganda Access To Information
UN, AU and civil society seek to intervene in Criminal Defamation case of a journalist.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Prof David Kaye; the Special...
Lesotho Access To Information
Basotho media review Peace Building, Conflict Reporting project
On September 4, 2015, MISA Lesotho convened journalists to review the progress and impact of its Media Peace Building and Conflict Reporting Now project....
Free Expression and The Law
Lesotho: Revue de presse de Basotha, projet de la consolidation de la paix et de reportages du conflit
Le 4 septembre 2015, MISA Lesotho a convoqué des journalistes pour examiner le progrès et l’effet de son projet de la Consolidation de la...
Ghana Access To Information
Media must fight against corruption, not just report on it – MFWA
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply worried that the overwhelming majority of the media in West Africa and specifically Ghana concentrate...
Liberia Access To Information
Liberia: Cemesp Launches Report On Media Performance
The Center for Media Studies & Peace Building or CEMESP, in collaboration with the Press Union of Liberia has released a report on media...
Ghana Access To Information
Empowering Citizens to Access Information: Transitional Countries Doing Better than Ghana
Several transitional countries in the West Africa region are doing better than Ghana in terms of demonstrating stronger commitment to transparent governance.
A number of...