AMDISS Welcomes Lifting of the Ban on Facebook and TikTok in South Sudan
Juba, 28 January 2025—The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) welcomes the lifting of the blockage of Facebook and TikTok and calls...
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...
Freedom of Expression Violations
Journalists remanded in prison for reporting about alleged corruption
Kampala; Two (2) journalists Dickson Mubiru and Alirabaki Ssengooba were on Thursday, 20th June 2024, remanded to Luzira Prison, after writing a story related...
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 and lecturer of the University of Bamako. The court also fined Dr Sissoko 3 million CFA Francs (about $4,900) in damages.
Sissoko’s charges include harming the reputation of the state, defamation, and dissemination of false news that disturbs the public peace. The charges stem from Sissoko’s...
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 of the independent online news outlet, Global Upfront newspaper, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly defaming a Reverend Sister based in the United States.
Observing that the Nigeria Police has progressively become a “gun for hire” at the disposal of rich or powerful...
Issue Highlights
Access To Information
MISA highlights freedom of expression issues at 79th session of ACHPR
On May 17, 2024, the Director of MISA Regional Secretariat Director, Dr Tabani Moyo, made a statement at the 79th Ordinary session of the...
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...
Uganda
Freedom of Expression
World Press Freedom Day 2024: HRNJ reaffirms its commitment to protect press freedom
KAMPALA, May 3, 2024 – The Human Rights Network For Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) stands united with the global community on this year’s World Press Freedom...
Country Highlights
South Sudan
Freedom of Expression Violations
AMDISS deeply concerned about deteriorating media space in South Sudan
Juba, 29 January 2025—AMDISS expresses deep concerns about the deteriorating media environment in South Sudan and calls on the government to provide answers on...
Kenya
Digital Rights
CIPESA Joins Call Against Internet Shutdowns In Kenya During #RejectTheFinanceBill2024 Picketing
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has joined the Kenya ICT Action Network (LICTANET), Paradigm Initiative, and Internet...
Nigeria
Institute for Media and Society (IMS)
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...