WPFD 2022: MRA Calls on Government to Create Safe and Conducive Environment for Journalism Practice in Nigeria
Lagos, Tuesday, May 3, 2022: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on governments at all levels in Nigeria to take…
Nigeria: MRA Calls on Government to Investigate Attempted Abduction of Journalist
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on April 4, 2022, called on the Federal Government and its relevant law enforcement and security…
Lesotho journalists commit to professionalism
Journalists in Lesotho have launched a pledge to uphold ethical principles of journalism during elections that are due to be…
GPU Calls for Gender Equality in Gambian Media
PRESS STATEMENT: Fajara, March 8, 2022 – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) joins the world to mark this year’s International…
Uganda: Journalists Targeted During 2021 General Elections, Denying the Public Access To Information
‘Once bitten, twice shy’, is a common adage that has been evidently exhibited within journalism in Uganda, especially when it…
Court grants bail to two online journalists after three weeks on remand
Kampala, 17th/June/2021; Court at Buganda Road has this afternoon granted cash bail to two online journalists, Pidson Kareire and Darious…
Nigeria: MRA Condemns Killing of Radio Presenter, Calls on Government to Apprehend and Prosecute Perpetrators
LAGOS, Monday, June 21, 2021: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the killing in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday, June…
Nigeria Twitter Ban: Government Should Discontinue Course of Action
The Institute for Media and Society, IMS, has observed with great concern, the suspension imposed on Twitter, the micro blogging…
DRC: Journalist Arrested for Social Media Post on Army
Louis France Kuzikesa, a journalist of CML13 TV, a television channel broadcasting in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic…
Zambia: Senior Government Official Marches Against Attacks on Journalists
In an unprecedented development, a senior Zambian government official marched to the police headquarters in Lusaka demanding that law enforcement…
AFEX Condemns Killing, Harassment of Journalists in Tigray Region
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), calls on the authorities in Ethiopia to serve justice by pursuing the gruesome murder…
South Sudan: AMDISS Trains Journalists in Investigative Journalism
The Association of Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) in partnership with the United Kingdom Embassy in South Sudan on…