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Cote d’Ivoire: Prison Officers Assault and Detain Journalist in Prison Cell

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
A journalist who had gone to a prison facility in Abidjan to interview a warden about allegations of extortion of…
Freedom of Expression Violations |

IPC Demands Recall of Journalist Suspended over Facebook Post on Non-Payment of Salary

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020
The International Press Centre Lagos has described as unjust and inhuman the suspension of Vivian Ottih, a lawyer and senior…
Digital Rights | Freedom of Expression Violations |

Uganda’s Social Media Tax Undermining COVID-19 Fight

May 15, 2020May 20, 2020
Globally, in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), social media has played various roles, such as  filling…
Freedom of Expression Violations |

Police Arrest Six Journalists over Report on University

May 14, 2020June 1, 2020
Police have arrested six journalists at Makerere University who had been invited to cover a story of foreign students who…
Digital Rights | Freedom of Expression Violations |

Liberian Police seize Journalist’s Phones and Demand Deletion of Live Video

May 12, 2020May 19, 2020
Police in Monrovia have seized broadcast equipment belonging to the editor of the local daily and online publisher FrontPage Africa…
Freedom of Expression Violations |

MFWA, National Partners Petition ACHPR Special Rapporteur to secure the release of Beninois Journalist

May 6, 2020May 11, 2020
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and its 15 National Partner organisations in West Africa have petitioned the Special…
Freedom of Expression Violations |

MRA Calls on Nigerian Government to Ensure Safety, Release of Kidnapped Radio Presenter

May 6, 2020May 18, 2020
Lagos, Wednesday, May 6, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned Monday’s abduction of Ms Chinenye Iwuoha, a presenter with…
Freedom of Expression Violations |

Journalist Sacked over Suspected Coronavirus Infection, Another Sacked Over Coronavirus Report

May 5, 2020May 11, 2020
Two journalists (from Senegal and Nigeria) have been sacked from their media outlets over coronavirus-related issues. In Senegal, a journalist…
Freedom of Expression Violations |

AFEX Condemns Murder of Journalist in Somalia

May 4, 2020May 19, 2020
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the murder of journalist Said Yusuf Ali, of privately-owned Kalsan TV in…
Freedom of Expression Violations |

IPC Enjoins Government, Institutional Stakeholders to Ensure Safe Working Environment For Journalists and Media Practitioners

May 3, 2020May 5, 2020
As the global society celebrates the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2020, the International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos, has reminded…
Freedom of Expression Violations |

Police Release Vision Group Journalist on Bond

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020
Police in Kamuli released Gwebayanga Tom, a Vision Group Correspondent in Buyende district on 22nd April 2020 after spending a…
Media Development | Freedom of Expression Violations |

The Media and COVID-19 in West Africa (April 6 – April 12, 2020)

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020
This week the world began to see a glimmer of hope with the steady reductionin the number of COVID-19 infections…
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GPU Begins Nationwide Sensitization on Access to Information, Media Self-regulation

February 17, 2021
The Gambia Press Union, with support from the British Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, is implementing a project aimed…

World Radio Day 2021: MFWA Applauds the Resilience, Versatility of Radio in the Face of COVID-19

February 13, 2021
The theme for this year’s World Radio Day – New World, New Radio – highlights and celebrates the significance and…

Month of Repression: Four Killed, Dozens Arrested and Radio Stations Shut

Four fatalities have already been recorded in an alarming start to 2020, as Guinea and Nigeria began the year on...

MRA Calls on Government to Introduce and Implement Policies and Legislation that Ensure Safety of Journalists

LAGOS, Monday, December 23, 2019: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Nigerian Government to adopt and implement policies...

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