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AFEX condemns the unjust and excessive restriction of access...

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From May 20 to May 21, 2025, Tanzanians faced a wave of digital restrictions impacting their X accounts. This shutdown occurred without any official...
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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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Charter on AI and Journalism launched

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in partnership with 16 other organisations on November 10, 2023 launched the inaugural Charter on AI and Journalism, which coincided...
Zimbabwe  Freedom of Expression

Reduction in crimes against journalists should spur Zimbabwe to adopt UN Plan of Action – MISA

The drastic reduction in media freedom violations during Zimbabwe’s 2023 election cycle is a significant development which comes at a time when the world...
Southern Africa  Freedom of Expression

MISA calls on ACHPR to urge governments in Southern Africa to domesticate UN Plan of Action for Safety of Journalists

The Media Institute for Southern Africa on October 24 made a statement at the on-going 77th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on human...
Freedom of Expression

AFEX and IPI to host side event at 77th Session of ACHPR

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange and the International Press Institute will on October 19, host a side event at the 77th Session of...
Democratic Republic Of CongoSouth Sudan  Freedom of Expression

AMDISS commends the removal of problematic provisions of National Security Act

Juba, 7th, September 2023---Association for Media Development In South Sudan (AMDISS) commends members of the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly for deleting Articles 54...
Zimbabwe  Freedom of Expression

MISA launches the State of the Media Report

MISA Zambia in partnership with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Zambia on Wednesday 30th August, launched the 2023 quarter 1 & 2 of the State of the Media...
South Sudan  Freedom of Expression

AMDISS welcomes the reopening of radio station after 10 years of closure

Juba—1 September 2023, the Association for Media Development In South Sudan (AMDISS) has wholeheartedly welcomed the reopening of a community radio station in Leer...
Africa  Digital Rights

Tackling Threats to Media Freedom and Safety in The Digital Age

The proliferation of technology has created new opportunities for journalists and journalism in Africa, but it has also come with threats. For civil society,...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression

World Press Freedom Day 2023: MRA Calls on Nigerian government to ensure adequate protection for media freedom

LAGOS, Wednesday, May 3, 2023: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government to ensure adequate protection for media freedom in law and...
Southern Africa  Freedom of Expression

Southern Africa improves on media rankings but more needs to be done – MISA

Southern African countries recorded improved rankings according to the Reporters Without Borders 2023 World Press Freedom Index, but the spectre of shrinking civic space...
Malawi  Freedom of Expression

Malawian MPs decriminalise ‘insulting’ the ‘President’

We applaud government for repealing bad laws. Members of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 amended Section 4 of the Protected Flag, Emblems and...
Africa  Freedom of Expression

Participant Reflection on #FIFAfrica22: Effective Engagement in the UPR Process for Digital Rights Promotion

The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) and Small Media held a workshop on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)...
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