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Digital Rights |

How the COVID-19 Fight Has Hurt Digital Rights in East Africa

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021
By Paul Kimumwe, Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA).  The fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19)…
Freedom of Expression Violations |

Tanzanian Authorities Continue Clampdown on Media

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020
Tanzania has announced a new set of regulations for foreign media in a continuing and worrying trend of clamping down…

Analytical Report on the Safety of Journalists in Tanzania – 2017 to 2019

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019
The Analytical Report on the Safety of Journalists in Tanzania – 2017 to 2019 produced by  the Media Institute of…
Free Expression and The Law |

Boost to Freedom of Expression Rights in Africa as Progressive Laws, Court Rulings Define First Quarter of 2019

June 20, 2019
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange’s (AFEX) monitoring of the Freedom of Expression (FOE) Situation in Africa during January-March 2019…
Free Expression and The Law |

AFEX Appeals to African Governments to Actively Promote and Defend Freedom of Expression ahead of World Press Freedom Day Celebration

April 29, 2019June 3, 2019
In the next few days, hundreds of stakeholders across the globe will converge in Africa in the Ethiopian capital and…
Attacks |

AFEX Vehemently Condemns Tanzania’s Detention, Deportation of Executive Director of Uganda-based Organisation, CIPESA

April 25, 2019April 26, 2019
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its Uganda-based member, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and…
Attacks | Impunity |

AFEX Denounces Increasing Attacks on Journalists in Africa, Calls for an End to Impunity for Such Crimes

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019
Resolution of the Seventh General Meeting of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held in Berlin, Germany, on April…
Attacks | Impunity |

Stakeholders Call for a Coordination Mechanism on Safety of Journalists in Africa

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018
Representatives from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Africa, including the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), and government institutions have…

AFEX Condemns Detention of CPJ Staff by Tanzania Authorities

November 8, 2018January 23, 2019
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a continental network of freedom of expression and media rights organisation, denounces the…
Access To Information |

AFEX Welcomes the African Commission’s Condemnation of Repressive Online Regulations in East Africa

August 17, 2018
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) welcomes the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR)’s condemnation of increased…

Constricting Cyberspace: African Governments Target Social Media Users in New Laws

June 5, 2018
Increasingly, governments across the African continent are intentionally adopting laws and policies aimed at limiting citizens’ rights online. The end…

Tanzania’s Newly Adopted Electronic and Postal Communication Code is Retrogressive and an Affront to Free Speech – AFEX

April 16, 2018May 17, 2018
Despite several calls by civil society and international bodies urging the government of Tanzania to revise or withdraw portions its…
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GPU Begins Nationwide Sensitization on Access to Information, Media Self-regulation

February 17, 2021
The Gambia Press Union, with support from the British Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, is implementing a project aimed…

World Radio Day 2021: MFWA Applauds the Resilience, Versatility of Radio in the Face of COVID-19

February 13, 2021
The theme for this year’s World Radio Day – New World, New Radio – highlights and celebrates the significance and…

How Liberia’s Coronavirus Misinformation Spread Far More than the Virus Itself

November 12, 2020
On March 16, 2020, the first coronavirus case in Liberia was confirmed; a government official, Mr. Nathaniel Blama who traveled…

Month of Repression: Four Killed, Dozens Arrested and Radio Stations Shut

Four fatalities have already been recorded in an alarming start to 2020, as Guinea and Nigeria began the year on...

MRA Calls on Government to Introduce and Implement Policies and Legislation that Ensure Safety of Journalists

LAGOS, Monday, December 23, 2019: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Nigerian Government to adopt and implement policies...

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