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Zimbabwe  Censorship

Statement on the recently reported internet throttling in Zimbabwe

Internet access should be guaranteed at all times and most importantly during election periods such as the by-elections slated for 26 March 2022 in...
Mozambique  Impunity

Mozambique should account for missing journalist Ibraimo Mbaruco

Statement on International Day to Ending Crimes of Impunity against Journalists. As the world commemorates the International Day to Ending Crimes of Impunity against Journalists,...
South Africa  Access To Information

AFEX, FXI Express Regret Over Loss of Life, Property and Community Media during Recent Riots in South Africa

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and its member in South Africa, the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) today expressed its deepest concerns...
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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...
Zambia  Digital Rights

Zambia: New Cyber Law Impedes Civil Liberties

Zambia is increasingly repressing the exercise of civic rights, a trend that is growing as the country heads to general elections in August 2021....
Eswatini  Freedom of Expression Violations

AFEX Members, Other Press Freedom Groups Urge King of Eswatini to Guarantee Freedom of Expression

On 6 July 2021, the MISA Regional Governing Council chairperson, Golden Maunganidze wrote to His Royal Highness, King Mswati III to express MISA's concerns...
EswatiniSwaziland  Access To Information

Joint Petition on the Need to Ensure Internet Availability at all Times in Eswatini

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), IFEX, Panos Institute Southern Africa, and,...
Southern Africa  Access To Information

Southern Africa Development Community Ignores Media in Vision 2050

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) on June 21, 2021, wrote to the Chairperson of the Southern Africa Development Community, President Filipe J....
Zimbabwe  Regional Development

MISA Regional Secretariat moves to Zimbabwe

On 4 June 2021, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Regional Governing Council elected its new leadership. The RGC held its meeting at the...
Zimbabwe  Freedom of Expression Violations

AFEX Calls for Release of Detained Journalist

The Africa Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is deeply worried about the prolonged detention of the journalist Jeffrey Moyo and is calling on the...
Zimbabwe  Freedom of Expression Violations

Zimbabwe Falls on World Media Freedom Index

Zimbabwe has been ranked at 130 out of 180 countries in 2021 compared to its ranking at 126 in 2020, new rankings by the...
South Africa  Access To Information

The State of Access to Information in South Africa

Since the start of South Africa’s democracy in 1994, human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression and access to information, have been...
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