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Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

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

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

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

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

Somaliland Authorities Detain Independent Journalist

This statement was originally published on nusoj.org on February 15, 2017. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is astounded by the arrest and detention of...
Lesotho  Attacks

Lesotho: Government Closes Two Tadio Stations ahead of World Radio Day Celebrations

This statement was originally published on misa.org on February 10, 2017. Three days ahead of the commemoration of the World Radio Day on 13 February 2017,...
Togo  Attacks

Togo: Gendarmes Attack Journalist, Force Him to Delete Pictures

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 8, 2017. A journalist with the L’Alternative bi-weekly newspaper in Togo was assaulted in the line...
BeninGambiaNigeria  Attacks

January in West Africa: New Dawn in Gambia, Massive Police Crackdown in Nigeria, Media Bans Lifted in Benin

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 7, 2017. January 2017, witnessed a number of major press freedom and freedom of expression developments...
Somalia  Attacks

AFEX Condemns Assault of Journalist by Police in Puntland

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) to condemn the attack on journalist, Ahmed Mohamed Ali...
Guinea  Attacks

Guinea: Hospital Authorities Seize Journalist’s Equipment, Hand Her over to the Police

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 6, 2017. A reporter of Radio Lynx FM in Guinea was on February 1, 2017 arrested...
Liberia  Attacks

Liberia: Information Minister Verbally Abuses Female Reporter

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 26, 2017. Liberia’s Information Minister has molested a female journalist during a press conference in the...
Nigeria  Attacks

Nigeria: Journalist Arrested, Forced to Delete Photographs

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 27, 2017. In the morning of January 25, 2017, Ms Ujunwa Atueyi, a journalist with the...
Attacks

Arrests/Detentions, Physical Attacks Threaten FOE Rights in West Africa

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 30, 2017. Arrests and detentions as well as physical attacks on journalists and media houses were...
Somalia  Attacks

Somalia: Seven Journalists Wounded in Terrorist Attack

This statement was originally published on nusoj.0rg on January 25, 2017. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) on Wednesday expressed shock and disgust at...
Cameroon  Attacks

AFEX Urges Cameroon Government to Protect Freedom of Expression amidst Protests

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is concerned about the deteriorating freedom of expression and press freedom situation in Cameroon amidst ongoing protests...
Nigeria  Attacks

Nigeria: Police Arrest Publisher of Online News Portal for Alleged Defamation

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 14, 2014. Nigerian police have arrested Desmond Utomwen, publisher of FreshNews, an online journal, following a...
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