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Uganda  Digital Rights

AFEX condemns the escalating assault on fundamental freedoms ahead...

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As Ugandans prepare to head to the polls on January 15, 2026, the country finds itself gripped not by open democratic contestation, but by...
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South Sudan  Freedom of Expression

AFEX-IFEX Statement-SOUTH SUDAN: AFEX and IFEX express solidarity against...

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4 November 2025 The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and IFEX  stand in solidarity with their member, the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS), against...
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Zimbabwe  Digital Rights

Journalists charged with publishing false data messages

What happened Alpha Media Holdings editor-in-chief Wisdom Mdzungairi and senior reporter Desmond Chingarande were on the 3 August 2022 arrested and charged over a story...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Nigeria: Regulator’s Fine on Trust TV Arbitrary and Unacceptable

For Immediate Release, Wednesday August 3, 2022 The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria is miffed that the National Broadcasting Commission has slammed a hefty fine...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

IPC Condemns Government’s Threats Against the Media

The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos Nigeria is worried by the recent utterances by the Federal Government of Nigeria threatening to sanction the BBC...
Liberia  Freedom of Expression Violations

CEMESP Condemns Violence Against Protesting Students

Monrovia, July 27, 2022: The Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP) has condemned in the strongest terms the violence meted out against protesting...
Democratic Republic Of Congo  Freedom of Expression Violations

DRC: Journalist fears for his life after being detained and tortured by M23 rebels

Hererimana Serushago, a journalist working for the community radio station "La Voix de Mikeno" in Bunagana, Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province, lives in fear...
Uganda  Freedom of Expression Violations

Uganda: Two Journalists Remanded Over Murder

Court in Jinja, Uganda on July 6, 2022, remanded two journalists to wit Mutyaba Ivan of Busoga One and Isabirye Denis Baba FM to...
Gambia  Freedom of Expression Violations

Gambia: GPU Condemns Arbitrary Arrest of Journalist Yusef Taylor

Fajara, 7 July, 2022 – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has received official reports that on the 5th of July 2022, Yusef Taylor, a...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Nigeria: IPC Decries Detention and Harrassment of Wikki Times Publisher and Reporter

The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, condemns in strong terms the harassment and molestation of Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper and one of the reporters, Mr....
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Nigeria: Hoodlums Attack, Injure Journalists

On June 19, 2022, hoodlums attacked journalists attached to the Lagos State Government House who were on the entourage of the state governor to...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Disinformation in Africa: Promoting Rights-Respecting Responses

In June 2020, a coalition of civil society groups launched an interactive portal to track and analyse disinformation laws, policies and patterns of enforcement...
Democratic Republic Of Congo  Freedom of Expression Violations

DRC: Community Radio Attacked

The community radio station Voix de Mikeno, broadcasting in Bunagana (100 km from the town of Goma, Rutshuru territory), was ransacked by rebel soldiers...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Nigeria: IPC Condemns Attacks On Journalists

For immediate release: Wednesday June 1st, 2022: The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria today (Wednesday June 1, 2022) expressed concern over the renewed wave of...
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