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Analytical report on Freedom of Expression Situation in Zimbabwe – January 2017-August 2019

This report sets out the trends of freedom of expression violations in Zimbabwe, mainly by analysing violations against media practitioners working in Zimbabwe. The...
Zimbabwe 

Zimbabwe Must Introduce Laws that Promote Journalists’ Safety

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) supports the recent call by its member, Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe Chapter urging the...
Zimbabwe 

AFEX Joins Stakeholders in Zimbabwe to Mark 2019 International Day to End Impunity

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) on Friday, November 1, 2019 joined stakeholders in Zimbabwe to commemorate the 2019 International Day to End...
Zimbabwe 

Deteriorating Press Freedom Situation in Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa’s Government Has a Duty to Protect Journalists

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins it member, the Media Institute of Southern Africa, Zimbabwe Chapter (MISA Zimbabwe) to denounce the recent...
Zambia 

ATTACKS ON MEDIA RAISE THREAT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST REPORTERS – MISA ZAMBIA

LUSAKA – MISA Zambia is concerned with the growing acts of targeting journalists on the line of duty by public officials all of which...
Zimbabwe 

Police Unlawfully Detain Freelance Journalist

This statement was originally published on Zimbabwe.misa.org on June 7, 2019.  Nunurai Jena a correspondent with the Voice of America’s Studio 7 was on the...
Zimbabwe 

Police in Zimbabwe Detain Freelance Journalist

This statement was originally published on Zimbabwe.misa.org on June 7, 2019. Nunurai Jena a correspondent with the Voice of America’s Studio 7 was on the...
Zimbabwe 

MISA Zimbabwe Expresses Concern over Data Price Hike

This statement was originally published on Zimbabwe.misa.org on April 30, 2019. On 30 April 2019, Econet Wireless became the latest mobile network operator to hike...
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AFEX Appeals to African Governments to Actively Promote and Defend Freedom of Expression ahead of World Press Freedom Day Celebration

In the next few days, hundreds of stakeholders across the globe will converge in Africa in the Ethiopian capital and host city of the...
Mozambique 

AFEX Welcomes Release of Mozambicain Journalists, Urges authorities to Drop All Charges against Them

The African Freedom of Exprssion Exchange (AFEX) welcomes the release of two Mozambicain journalsits, Amade Abubacar and Germano Daniela Adriano who were detained for months for...
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AFEX Denounces Increasing Attacks on Journalists in Africa, Calls for an End to Impunity for Such Crimes

Resolution of the Seventh General Meeting of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held in Berlin, Germany, on April 7, 2019. The Seventh General...
Mozambique 

AFEX Joins Global Calls for Unconditional Release of Detained Mozambican Journalist

Member organisations of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) have joined several other prominent freedom of expression and press freedom advocacy organisations across...