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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,...
Uganda 

Uganda: Police and Hooligans Attack Journalists

Plain clothed men arrested Tony Lule, a journalist attached to Bukedde TV on 12th November 2020 at about 6pm at the Vision Group offices...
Guinea 

Guinea: Media Regulatory Body Lifts Suspension on News Website

The Media Foundation for West Africa welcomes the lifting of the one-month suspension imposed on online press, Guineematin, by the Haute Autorité de la...
Nigeria 

Nigeria: MRA Calls on Government to Establish Mechanisms to Combat Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

On the occasion of this year’s International Day to End Impunity for crimes against journalists, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal...
Nigeria 

MRA Condemns Attacks on the Media During #EndSARS Protests as Reprehensible

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned recent attacks against journalists and media houses in some parts of the country, particularly in Lagos, by State...
Guinea 

Guinea: AFEX Condemns Arrest of Activist, Calls for His Immediate Release

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the arbitrary arrest of Guinean political activist Souleymane Condé, by authorities in Guinea and calls for...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

DRC: JED Demands Provisional Release of Journalist Detained for 48 Hours on Defamation Charges

Journalist en danger (JED) expresses its sadness over the arrest, on Wednesday September 9, 2020, by the office of the general prosecutor attached to...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

DRC: Provincial Governor Summoned for Torture and Injury Against Journalists

Following a legal action initiated by Journalist in Danger (JED) through a Law Firm of Lodja, the Governor of the province of Sankuru (Center...

Zimbabwe: Journalist Chin’ono Released on Bail

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) welcomes the release of Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono who has been in custody since July 20, 2020. Chin’ono...
Zimbabwe 

Zimbabwe: Detained Journalist Chin’ono Unwell

Lawyers representing detained journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on 1 September 2020 told Harare Magistrate Ngoni Nduna that the journalist is not feeling well as he...
GuineaNigeria 

MRA Condemns Politician’s Attack on Journalist, Calls on those in Authority to Respect Journalists’ Rights

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned Mr. Femi Fani Kayode’s outburst against Mr. Charles Eyo, Daily Trust newspaper’s Cross River State Correspondent in Calabar,...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

JED Condemns Two Serious Cases of Media Attacks by Provincial Governor

Journalists en Danger (JED) expresses its deep concern about situation currently prevailing in the province of Sankuru (central DR Congo) where the new Provincial...
Tanzania 

Tanzanian Authorities Continue Clampdown on Media

Tanzania has announced a new set of regulations for foreign media in a continuing and worrying trend of clamping down on freedom of expression...