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Democratic Republic Of Congo  Digital Rights

Why it’s crucial for the Democratic Republic of Congo to keep the Internet on during its elections

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) heads to general elections on December 20, 2023 amidst considerable turbulence, including a deluge of disinformation and...
Democratic Republic Of Congo  Freedom of Expression Violations

AFEX condemns the arrest of reporter Anicet Moleka

The prolonged conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo  (DRC) has translated into a nightmare for journalists and their work. The environment has sabotaged...
Democratic Republic Of CongoSouth Sudan  Freedom of Expression

AMDISS commends the removal of problematic provisions of National Security Act

Juba, 7th, September 2023---Association for Media Development In South Sudan (AMDISS) commends members of the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly for deleting Articles 54...
Democratic Republic Of Congo  Freedom of Expression Violations

DRC: Journalist fears for his life after being detained and tortured by M23 rebels

Hererimana Serushago, a journalist working for the community radio station "La Voix de Mikeno" in Bunagana, Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province, lives in fear...
Democratic Republic Of Congo  Freedom of Expression Violations

DRC: Community Radio Attacked

The community radio station Voix de Mikeno, broadcasting in Bunagana (100 km from the town of Goma, Rutshuru territory), was ransacked by rebel soldiers...
AfricaBurkina FasoDemocratic Republic Of CongoEthiopiaGhanaKenyaNigeriaSomalia  Attacks

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

For the past 273 days spanning January-September 2021, eleven journalists have been killed across sub-Sahara Africa in an orgy of repression that has scores...
Democratic Republic Of Congo  Freedom of Expression Violations

JED demands official apology from police chief after a brutal attack on journalist during an opposition demonstration

Journalist en Danger (JED) strongly condemns the assault perpetrated by security forces on the correspondent of the Radio France Internationale in Kinshasa, capital of...
AfricaAngolaBeninBurkina FasoCameroonCentral African RepublicCongo RepublicCote d'IvoireDemocratic Republic Of CongoEswatiniEthiopiaGambiaGhanaKenyaLiberiaMaliMauritaniaNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe 

Press Freedom Situation in Africa- April- June 2021

Journalists killed, respectively in DRC, Somalia and Nigeria, Burkina Faso, including a social media activist in Ghana during the period of April-June 2021. This...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

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 of Congo (DRC), was...
Democratic Republic Of Congo  Freedom of Expression Violations

DRC: Journaliste en Danger Condemns Murder of Journalist

Journaliste en Danger (JED) is deeply shocked by the murder, on Sunday 9 May 2021 at around 11 pm, of a journalist by two...
Chad  Digital Rights

Authorities in Chad Must Refrain from Repetitive Internet Disruptions during Elections

Ahead of the Presidential elections campaigning in Chad, the authorities disrupted the internet on February 28, 2021, and attempted to restrict access to social...
Democratic Republic Of Congo  Freedom of Expression Violations

DRC: Journalist Detained by the Public Prosecutor’s Office

Journalist in Danger (JED) demands the immediate and unconditional release of the journalist who has been detained for four days in Mbandaka, the capital...
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