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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...
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...
Cameroon 

Journalist Samuel Wazizi’s Family Was Never Contacted After Military Intervention

The Government of Cameroon has declared that late Journalist Samuel Ebuwe Ajiekia a.k.a Samuel Wazizi’s family was contacted after he was moved to Yaounde....
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

JED Condemns Police raid on Media Outlet and Brutal Arrest of Two Journalists

Journalist en Danger (JED) expresses its total disapproval of the attack by elements of the Congolese national police on the premises of Radio Communautaire...
Cameroon 

CSOs in Cameroon Demand an End to Attacks Against Human Rights Defenders and Journalists

Since 2014, Cameroon has experienced an unprecedented security and social crisis, with the Islamist sect Boko Haram, incursions by Central African rebels and the...
Cameroon 

CSOs in Cameroon Demand an End to Attacks Against Human Rights Defenders and Journalists

Since 2014, Cameroon has experienced an unprecedented security and social crisis, with the Islamist sect Boko Haram, incursions by Central African rebels and the...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

JED Calls on Union of Journalists to Lift Ban on Political Broadcasts Immediately

In a letter dated February 24, 2020 and addressed to Mr. Adheli Kabasubabo, President of the Union national de la Presse du Congo (UNPC), Kasaï-Central...
BurundiChadEthiopia 

Burundi, Chad, Ethiopia and Sudan Revoke YouTube Access Throughout 2010s

YouTube is an important part of African online space because it offers a platform for both traditional media and independent producers to livestream and...
Democratic Republic Of CongoUganda 

AFIC presents the Shadow Report on the Status of Implementation of the Access to Information Act 2005 in Uganda.

This statement was originally published on africafoicentre.org.   AFIC presents The Shadow Report on the Status of Implementation of the Access to Information Act 2005...
Democratic Republic Of CongoSouth SudanUganda 

Building Digital Literacy and Security Capacity of Women Refugees in Uganda

This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on December 9, 2019. By Ashnah Kalemera | Statistics on the prevalence of cyber harassment of women in Africa remain...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

AFEX Calls on Congolese Authorities to Investigate Killing of Journalist and Prosecute Perpetrators

Accra, Ghana, 6 November 2019: The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) today condemned the brutal murder of Congolese journalist, Papy Mahamba Mumbere...