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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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Zimbabwe  Free Expression and The Law

Zimbabwe: Criminal Defamation Unconstitutional, Constitutional Court

African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and MISA-Zimbabwe jointly welcome the judgement delivered by Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court on February 3, 2016 to repeal Criminal...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: City Tycoon ‘fails’ to pin Journalists in a Criminal Defamation Case.

This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on January 27, 2016. Hearing of a criminal defamation case in which four journalists Ronald Nahebwa, Benon Tugumisirize, Madina...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Police Arrest Journalists and Musician protesting the Unauthorized use of Song by Telecommunication Company.

This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on January 19, 2016. Four journalists and a local artist were on January 18, 2016, arrested and detained...
Uganda  Attacks

Uganda: Police shoots, detains journalist and assaults others covering opposition politicians.

Police in Jinja district in Eastern Uganda have on October 15, 2015 shot and injured a Radio One correspondent in the area, Ivan Vincent...
Zambia  Access To Information

Zambia: State of the media report available now

The 2015 second quarter report outlining the state of the media in Zambia is available now for download here. MISA Zambia launched the report...
Zimbabwe  Attacks

MISA Zimbabwe condemns Pres. Mugabe’s threats against the media

MISA Zimbabwe strongly condemns threats by President Robert Mugabe against the media made on 15 September 2015 while addressing guests at a luncheon hosted...
NigeriaUganda  Access To Information

UN, AU and civil society seek to intervene in Criminal Defamation case of a journalist.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Prof David Kaye; the Special...
Lesotho  Access To Information

Basotho media review Peace Building, Conflict Reporting project

On September 4, 2015, MISA Lesotho convened journalists to review the progress and impact of its Media Peace Building and Conflict Reporting Now project....
Free Expression and The Law

Lesotho: Revue de presse de Basotha, projet de la consolidation de la paix et de reportages du conflit

Le 4 septembre 2015, MISA Lesotho a convoqué des journalistes pour examiner le progrès et l’effet de son projet de la Consolidation de la...
Ghana  Access To Information

Media must fight against corruption, not just report on it – MFWA

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply worried that the overwhelming majority of the media in West Africa and specifically Ghana concentrate...
Liberia  Access To Information

Liberia: Cemesp Launches Report On Media Performance

The Center for Media Studies & Peace Building or CEMESP, in collaboration with the Press Union of Liberia has released a report on media...
Ghana  Access To Information

Empowering Citizens to Access Information: Transitional Countries Doing Better than Ghana

Several transitional countries in the West Africa region are doing better than Ghana in terms of demonstrating stronger commitment to transparent governance. A number of...
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