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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,...
Zimbabwe 

AFEX Petitions Zimbabwean President to Ensure Release of Journalist Chin’ono

The Africa Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe to ensure the release of investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono, who...
Zimbabwe 

Journalist Chin’ono Remanded in Custody After Court Appearance

Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on 22 July 2020 appeared before Harare Magistrate Ngoni Nduna who remanded him in custody to tomorrow for the continuation of...
Ghana 

President of Ghana Suspends Ministerial Directive to State Broadcaster Following MFWA’s Petition

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has welcomed the Presidential decision to suspend execution of a Ministerial order to the state-owned Ghana Broadcasting...
Mali 

Mammoth Anti-Government Protest Triggers Massive Press Freedom and Freedom of Assembly Violations in Mali

A number of protesters have been killed, the internet disrupted and the state broadcaster attacked as a mammoth anti-government demonstration in Mali turned violent,...
Benin 

Investigative Journalist Ignace Sossou Released from Prison

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the release from prison of Beninese journalist Ignace Sossou. Sossou had been imprisoned since December 2019 for...
Kenya 

Authorities in Kenya Must Investigate Threats Against Journalist – AFEX

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has noted with concerns the reported threats against journalist John Wanyama of Citizen TV in Kenya. According to...
South Africa 

AFEX Deplores Assault and Harassment of Journalist in South Africa

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has learnt with dismay the wanton assault and harassment on journalist Paul Nthoba and calls on authorities...
Southern Africa 

Governments in Southern Africa Intensify Crackdowns on Media During COVID-19

As the continent commemorates Africa Day on 25 May 2020, it is worrying that the majority of Southern African countries, typical of fragile states,...
Cote d'Ivoire 

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

A journalist who had gone to a prison facility in Abidjan to interview a warden about allegations of extortion of prisoners by one of...
Nigeria 

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

The International Press Centre Lagos has described as unjust and inhuman the suspension of Vivian Ottih, a lawyer and senior editor with the government-owned...
Uganda 

Uganda’s Social Media Tax Undermining COVID-19 Fight

Globally, in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), social media has played various roles, such as  filling information vacuums and providing...
Uganda 

Police Arrest Six Journalists over Report on University

Police have arrested six journalists at Makerere University who had been invited to cover a story of foreign students who are still locked down...