Impunity Archives - African Freedom of Expression Exchange

11 journalists killed in Africa in less than nine months, AFEX demands a tough response from governments to end the impunity

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

For the past 273 days spanning January-September 2021, eleven journalists have been killed across sub-Sahara Africa in an orgy of…

July 6, 2021July 9, 2021

On 6 July 2021, the MISA Regional Governing Council chairperson, Golden Maunganidze wrote to His Royal Highness, King Mswati III…

November 3, 2020

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

July 7, 2020July 16, 2020

The Government of Cameroon has declared that late Journalist Samuel Ebuwe Ajiekia a.k.a Samuel Wazizi’s family was contacted after he…

April 27, 2020May 11, 2020

Two Lagos-based media support organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC), have petitioned the Code of…

April 12, 2020April 15, 2020

MISA Zimbabwe has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking an order interdicting police officers and other…

April 3, 2020April 9, 2020

The Media Foundation for West Africa’s (MFWA) monitoring of freedom of expression violations in West Africa has established a growing…

March 27, 2020April 9, 2020

A 52 years old man, Jonathan Williams, has been handed a life imprisonment sentence for the murder of journalist Tyron…

March 24, 2020April 14, 2020

Over the past nine months (June 2019 – March 2020), about 42 people have been killed, over one hundred arrested…

March 14, 2020March 30, 2020

Scores of journalists have marched through the Liberian capital Monrovia to denounce “brutal attacks” against journalists and media workers. The…

February 20, 2020March 18, 2020

The Boko Haram Islamist sect leader,Abubakar Shekau, has warned journalists to be careful about their reporting of the sect’s activities…

February 20, 2020February 26, 2020

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