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Freedom of Expression in Africa: 183 Killed by Security Agents in 3 Protests
A total of 183 deaths were recorded from July to December 2016 following clashes between protestors and security agents in three countries – Ethiopia,...
Cameroon Digital Rights
AFEX Urges Cameroonian Government to Heed Calls: Unblock Internet and Release Arrested Citizens
Exactly sixty days ago, today (March 17, 2017), the government of Cameroon shut down the internet and banned the activities of the Cameroon Anglophone...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Attacks
AFEX Condemns Grenade Attack on Journalists in DRC
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on March 9, 2017 threw a grenade at a group of journalists covering a mob action...
Cameroon Attacks
Internet Blackout Rages on in North-west and South-west Cameroon
It has been exactly 39 days today, February 24, 2017 since the Cameroonian government shut down the Internet in the two Anglophone regions of...
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“Radio is You”: Let Your Voice Be Heard – AFEX
On the occasion of this year’s World Radio Day, which is being celebrated under the theme “Radio is You,” members of the African Freedom...
Cameroon Attacks
AFEX Urges Cameroon Government to Protect Freedom of Expression amidst Protests
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is concerned about the deteriorating freedom of expression and press freedom situation in Cameroon amidst ongoing protests...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Attacks
AFEX Condemns Gruesome Murder of Journalist in DRC
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member, Journaliste en Danger (JED), to denounce the gruesome murder of journalist Marcel Lubala Kalala...
Cameroon Attacks
AFEX Condemns 10-year Jail Sentence of Three Civilians in Cameroon as “Travesty of Justice”
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a continental network of African free expression and media rights organisations, condemns in the strongest terms the...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Attacks
AFEX Decries Police Brutality against Protesters in DRC
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply appalled by the brutality of the Congolese police against peaceful demonstrators in the Democratic Republic...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Attacks
AFEX Demands Immediate Release of Burundian Media Professional Detained in Congo
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Journaliste en Danger (JED), to demand the...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Access To Information
How a DRC station encouraged people to lay down arms and start conversations
This article was originally published on ifex.org on June 17, 2016.
In 2002, Radio Okapi became the first station in the DRC to broadcast across...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Access To Information
DRC: Two Pro-Opposition Media Houses shut down by Government
African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins Journaliste en Danger (JED) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to condemn the closure of two...