Burundi: AFEX welcomes the lifting of the ban on BBC
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) welcomes the decision of the Burundi media regulator, the National Council of Communication…
AFEX calls on Ethiopian authorities to drop all charges against journalists, repeal the country’s anti-terrorism law
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) welcomes the release on bail of journalists Amir Aman Kiyaro and Thomas Enigda,…
AFEX condemns South Sudan clashes, calls on authorities to promote the safety of journalists
On February 10 and 11, 2022, a team from the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS), a member…
AFEX Condemns the Killing of a Journalist, Demands a thorough Investigation and Justice
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has learned with dismay, the killing of Abdiaziz Mohamed Guled of Radio Mogadishu…
AFEX calls on military coup leaders to ensure the safety, protection of journalists, and keep the internet open and accessible at all times.
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), urges the military junta in Sudan to release the manager of the state…
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…
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…
Uganda Abandons Social Media Tax But Slaps New Levy on Internet Data
By Daniel Mwesigwa | Uganda has ditched the Over-The-Top (OTT) tax that it introduced three years ago on the use…
Reflecting on the State of Access to Information in Uganda and COVID-19
Since its inception, the right to information, even during crises, has always implicitly existed under Article 19 of the Universal…
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…
Tanzania: AFEX Welcomes New President’s Directive on Closed Media Outlets
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) welcomes the commitment of the new President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, to…
AFEX Strongly Condemns Killing of Kenyan Journalist, Demands Thorough Investigations
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is profoundly dismayed by, and strongly condemns the gruesome killing of Betty Mutekhele…