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Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
I-CSPJ calls for concerted efforts for the release of kidnapped journalists in northern Nigeria
IPC’s Centre for the Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ), Lagos-Nigeria is calling for a concerted effort towards the immediate release of Chairman of...
Nigeria
IPC, CEMESO host experts on Nigeria’s electoral process
Lagos, Nigeria – June 24, 2024
The International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO), will this week host concurrent events...
Guinea Freedom of Expression Violations
MFWA condemns threats against journalist in Senegal
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the recent threats against journalist Sékou Jamal Pendessa, and urges the Guinean authorities to identify and...
Mali Freedom of Expression Violations
Mali silences critics with harsh prison sentences
A court in Mali has handed a two-year prison sentence to Dr Etienne Fakaba Sissoko to crown two months of harassment of the economist...
Nigeria Access To Information
MRA condemns abduction of journalist by police
LAGOS, Friday, May 24, 2024: Media Rights Agenda (MRA), today condemned as appalling and unacceptable, Wednesday’s abduction of Mr. Madu Onuorah, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief...
Gambia Impunity
AFEX welcomes guilty verdict of former Gambian Minister
On May 15, 2024, the Federal Criminal Tribunal a.k.a Federal Criminal Court (FCC) in Bellinzona, Switzerland, found Ousman Sonko, Former Interior Minister of The...
Liberia Freedom of Expression
World Press Freedom Day 2024: CEMESP issues call to action
On World Press Freedom Day, the Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP) released a poignant statement, echoing the sentiments of a nation grappling...
Nigeria Access To Information
Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day, Urge Governments to Protect Media Freedom
LAGOS, Thursday, May 2, 2024: Four human rights and media support organizations have called on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Persistent harassment of Lanre Arogundade by state security constitutes systematic abuse of power and violation of his rights
For immediate release, Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The International Press Centre (IPC), hereby strongly registers its displeasure over yet another incident of harassment of its...
Nigeria Media Development
Rebuilding trust in the electoral process: IPC hosts multi-stakeholders dialogue
Lagos, Nigeria – March 22, 2024.
The International Press Centre (IPC), based in Lagos, Nigeria, lead implementing partner of Component 4 (Support to Media) under...
Senegal Freedom of Expression Violations
Director of TV station stabbed
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the brazen assault on Maïmouna Ndour Faye, director of the television station 7TV, and urges...
Sierra Leone Freedom Of Assembly
ECOWAS Court orders Sierra Leone to compensate student victim of police crackdown
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Republic of Sierra Leone to pay $25,000 as compensation to Mohamed Morlu, a Sierra Leone citizen,...