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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...
Cote d'Ivoire Freedom of Expression Violations
Cote d’Ivoire: Prison Officers Assault and Detain Journalist in Prison Cell
A journalist who had gone to a prison facility in Abidjan to interview a warden about allegations of extortion of prisoners by one of...
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Stakeholders Call for a Coordination Mechanism on Safety of Journalists in Africa
Representatives from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Africa, including the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), and government institutions have agreed to establish a...
Cote d'Ivoire Free Expression and The Law
Cote d’Ivoire: Media Regulator Suspends Sports Paper over “Unproven Allegations”
This statement was published on mfwa.org on March 24, 2017.
The print media regulator in Cote d’Ivoire, Conseil National de la Presse (CNP), has suspended...
Cote d'IvoireGuineaNigeria Attacks
Press Freedom under Siege in West Africa: 30 Media Workers Arrested in 38 Days
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 20, 2017.
Press freedom has come under severe attack in West Africa as security agencies, particularly...
Cote d'Ivoire Attacks
Cote d’Ivoire UPDATE: Six Detained Journalists Released
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 15, 2017.
Six journalists detained on February 12, 2017 for reporting on a recent mutiny by...