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Free Expression and The Law
MRA calls on Nigerian government to implement ECOWAS Court...
Lagos, Wednesday, July 16, 2025: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government to take urgent measures to implement and give full...
Ghana
Freedom of Expression Violations
MFWA condemns physical attacks against journalists covering parliamentary election
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns physical attacks against journalists reporting on the parliamentary election re-run taking place at Ablekuma North,...
Niger Attacks
Niger: Shirking Accountability – Municipal Authorities Ban Protest March against Maladministration
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 14, 2017.
The municipal authorities in Niamey have prohibited a demonstration planned by civil society in...
Somalia Free Expression and The Law
Trade Unions Drag Somali Government to ILO
This statement was originally published by nusoj.org on May 26, 2016
The International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Committee on Freedom of Association will be interrogating a...
Somalia Attacks
Somalia: UN Rights Experts Raise Alarm at Growing Persecution against Trade Unionists
GENEVA (4 May 2016) – A group of four United Nations human rights experts today urged the Government of Somalia to halt the continuous...
Angola Attacks
Angola: AFEX condemns Imprisonment of 17 Angolan Human Rights Activists
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is alarmed at the farcical conviction of 17 Angolan activists on charges of attempted “acts of rebellion”...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Another Witness pins Senior Police Officer a Journalist Assault.
Kampala, 14th May, 2015; A third prosecution witness has testified against the former District Police Commander of Old Kampala Police Station, Joram Mwesigye in...