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Nigeria 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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...