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Nigeria 

IPC decries threats against journalist; condemns invasion of radio...

For immediate release, February 3, 2025 The Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) hub of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos - Nigeria is...
Africa 

Amplifying the Resolution on the Protection of Women Against...

Two and a half years after the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adopted the Resolution on the Protection of Women Against...
Uganda 

Uganda: Unidentified Persons Break into Office of The Observer Newspaper

Kampala, 03rd/April/2017; This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on April 3, 2017. On Saturday morning, the 01st April, 2017, it was discovered that unidentified persons...
Somalia 

AFEX Expresses Concern about Safety of Journalists in Somalia

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) in expressing deep concern over the continuing...
Uganda 

Police Attacks Journalists Covering Foiled Opposition meeting

This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on March 31, 2017. Two journalists, Siraji Kiberu of Kingdom Television and Dodoviko Mukasa of Central Broadcasting Services...

President Magufuli of Tanzania Orders Release of Renowned Rapper

The Tanzanian President, John Magufuli, has ordered the release of a renowned rapper who was arrested by the police for reportedly critcising the Tanzanian...
Burkina Faso 

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 

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 

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,...
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Freedom of Expression in Africa: 183 Killed by Security Agents in 3 Protests

A total of 183 deaths were recorded from July to December 2016 following clashes between protestors and security agents in three countries – Ethiopia,...
Uganda 

Uganda: Business Woman Jailed One Year for Assaulting Journalist

This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on March 15, 2017. A business woman in Kayunga District, Naluwa Rose, has been convicted and sentenced to a one...
Democratic Republic Of Congo 

AFEX Condemns Grenade Attack on Journalists in DRC

Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on March 9, 2017 threw a grenade at a group of journalists covering a mob action...
Nigeria 

Nigeria: Judge Sacks Journalist from Courtroom

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 9, 2017. A judge in the Igbosere Magistrates Court, Lagos, H. O. Amos, on March 5,...
Togo 

Togo: One Person Dead, Dozens Injured at Demonstration

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on March 8, 2017. Attempts by gendarmes in Togo to disperse thousands of taxi and commercial motorcycle drivers...