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.
Militant insurgencies impact media freedom, fake news and elections, and more
February in Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Commitment, perseverance, and ingenuity: Changing The Gambia’s climate of impunity
The campaign to counter the culture of impunity, repression and brutality under the rule of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh is a story of commitment, perseverance and ingenuity pitted against a brutally repressive regime. Here’s how the Media Foundation for West Africa and the Gambia Press Union worked to tackle impunity, both under the Jammeh regime and under the democratically-elected government of Adama Barrow.
A darkness descending: personal stories from Zimbabwe’s internet shutdown
Misdiagnoses, missed operations, and the odd joke; Zimbabweans share how losing the internet affected them.
Death, shutdowns, crackdown and a glimmer of hope as Angola reviews penal code clauses in favour of LGBTQI rights
January in Africa: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Africa in December: Electoral mayhem in the DRC, the violent suppression of seething Sudanese, and more
A roundup of key free expression news in Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
Free expression under assault in Uganda, freedom of assembly wins in South Africa, and fear a way of life for LGBTQI+ in Tanzania
A roundup of key free expression news in Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
Arrests and murder in Somalia, Facebook fact-checking in South Africa, and questioning official statistics in Tanzania – a crime?
A roundup of key free expression news in Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
Africa in September: From the crazy to the brave to the uniquely momentous
A roundup of key free expression news in Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
From musicians to media, from subtle to severe: suppression of free expression in Africa
A roundup of key free expression news in Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
July in Africa: Contentious and contested elections on the continent
A roundup of key free expression news in Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
Zimbabwe Election Watch – An IFEX Diary
On 30 July, Zimbabweans went to the polls. Afterwards, tensions simmered and then erupted. In the final entry in her 6-part series of blog posts, Reyhana Masters looked at how hope turned to despair, following a military crackdown and attacks on journalists.
June in Africa: Taxing social media, the IPI World Congress, and more…
A roundup of key free expression news in Africa, based on IFEX member reports.
On digital rights, States and citizens stake opposing claims: May in Africa
A roundup of key free expression news in Africa, based on IFEX member reports.