Women-driven protests, disputed elections and regional solidarity on #IDEI
October in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.
Tanzania clamps down, Sudan backs down, and Cameroon uses COVID-19 to crush dissent
September in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.
COVID-19 restrictions release people’s power and finding peace through art
August in Sub-Saharan Africa: A free expression round up by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter traverses globe, Kenyans choking under police brutality, and Sierra Leone repeals criminal defamation law
July in Sub-Saharan Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.
Legal victories for freedom of expression a bright spot in a month of deaths and violence against women
June in Sub-Saharan Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.
Commemorations, setbacks, and reflections on a COVID and post-COVID world
May in Sub-Saharan Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.
COVID-19 pandemic: The scapegoat for repression and restrictions
April in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Africa Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.
COVID-19 in Africa: Right to information another casualty with spike in attacks on journalists
A mid-month roundup of COVID-19 key free expression news from Sub-Saharan Africa, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.
Curbing COVID-19 in Africa: Songs, music, and maps versus teargas and rubber bullets
March 2020 in Africa: A free expression roundup, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
How can something so right be so wrong? Right to Information legislation is failing women in Africa
In her contribution to IFEX’s series marking International Women’s Day, Regional Editor Reyhana Masters looks at how women are disadvantaged when it comes to accessing public information.
Radical rudeness proponent released, Jalingo case taken to ECOWAS community court, and Kabendera pays to be free
February in Sub-Saharan Africa: A round up of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Murder, protests, and a photographic African biennale
January in Sub-Saharan Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
The weaponisation of information disorder
IFEX’s Regional Editor for Sub-Saharan Africa shares reflections from civil society on regional attempts to curb freedom of expression by using the rising stream of polluted information as the weapon of authorisation.
Hair-raising issues, the sounds of the Sasaab go global, and secret witnesses in Nigeria
December in Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Prize for stitching her way to recovery, influence of JamiiForums irks authorities and Nigeria’s prisoners of conscience
November in Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Tears with Truth: The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission
After years of brutal repression, the 2016 elections allowed The Gambia to push the reset button. Reyhana Masters spoke with Saikou Jammeh of the Gambian Press Union about the country’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, which has had the nation riveted since commencement of the hearings.