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.
#SexForGrades, LGBTQI+ attacks and celebrating Africa for ATI Day
October in Sub-Saharan Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
From dictatorship to democracy: All eyes on The Gambia’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review
Ahead of The Gambia’s Universal Periodic Review, IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters asks: What issues are at the top of civil society’s agenda?
Disrupting state surveillance, banning red berets, and suppressing dissension
September in Sub-Saharan Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Punishments for protesters, penalties for popular (online) presences…
August in Sub-Saharan Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Threats, violence, laws, and taxes: The many approaches to stifling access to information in Uganda
President Yoweri Museveni uses a tiered approach of intimidation, restrictive legislation and taxation to skilfully and successfully restrict access to information as well as sharing of information.
Hydara killers revealed, internet blockages lifted and mounting concern for media freedom in Tanzania
July in Sub-Saharan Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Wave of shutdowns sweep through the continent and Tanzania dips further down rabbit hole of repression
June in Sub-Saharan Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – a month of accolades, reparation, arrests, shutdowns and an unsolved death
May in Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2019 – surreal, inspirational, thoughtful and imaginative
Reyhana Masters, IFEX’s Africa Regional Editor, attended the 2019 WPFD celebrations in Addis Ababa.
Benin’s internet shutdown, Bobi Wine arrested in Uganda, What’s Crap on WhatsApp and more
April in Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
An RTI win, scribbling schoolgirls released, regional bodies slam shutdowns and journalists jailed
March in Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.