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Culture of Impunity Still Pervasive in Africa: 113 FOE Violations Recorded, Only 10 Redressed
Impunity for crimes against journalists, media professionals, activists and citizens remains a worrying trend in Africa. According to the second edition of the Freedom...
Guinea Attacks
Journalist Detained for Erroneous Report
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on June 30, 2017.
Gendarmes in Guinea have arrested and detained a journalist for two days after he...
Ghana Digital Rights
MFWA, Stakeholders to Discuss Digital Gender Gap in Ghana
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on May 22, 2017.
Stakeholders from government, telecommunications industry, academia, civil society organisations, media and the general public...
Gambia Impunity
Ending Impunity: Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Suspects of Deyda Hydara’s Murder
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on May 19, 2017.
A Magistrates’ court in the Gambian capital, Banjul has issued an arrest warrant for...
Nigeria Free Expression and The Law
AFEX Members in Nigeria Call on Government to Ensure Enabling Environment for Media Practice
This statement was originally published on ipcng.org on May 3, 2017.
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day 2017, a coalition of media...
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AFEX Freedom of Expression (FOE) Situation in Africa Report
The periodic Freedom of Expression Situation in Africa Report is an intervention by the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) that seeks to monitor...
Nigeria Attacks
AFEX Condemns Gruesome Killing of Journalist by Unknown Assailants in Nigeria
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member, the International Press Centre (IPC), based in Lagos-Nigeria to strongly denounce the gruesome murder...
Burkina Faso Attacks
Burkina Faso: Fans, Police, Attack Sports Journalists
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 24, 2017
On March 18, 2017, Algerian journalists who had travelled to Burkina Faso to cover...
Ghana Attacks
Ghana: Journalist Assaulted for Filming Soldiers’ Brutality
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 23, 2017.
A freelance journalist has alleged that he was brutally assaulted by some soldiers during...
Guinea Attacks
Guinea: Bodyguards of Football Club President Assault Sports Journalist
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 24, 2017.
A journalist with the Guinean state broadcaster, Radio Télévision Guinéenne (RTG), Boulbinet Mamoudou Diallo,...
Ghana Free Expression and The Law
Ghana: Journalist Fined for Contempt
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 24, 2017.
A journalist with the Daily Graphic, Ghana’s leading newspaper with nationwide circulation, has been sentenced...
Cote d'Ivoire Free Expression and The Law
Cote d’Ivoire: Media Regulator Suspends Sports Paper over “Unproven Allegations”
This statement was published on mfwa.org on March 24, 2017.
The print media regulator in Cote d’Ivoire, Conseil National de la Presse (CNP), has suspended...