May 7, 2021 | Media law and policy
by Tomiwa Ilori Communications surveillance has become more insidious. African governments continue to invest in intrusive surveillance equipment that not only violates human rights, but also contributes to closing the civic space. This essay argues that in...
May 7, 2021 | Disinformation
The objective limits of fact-checking by Samba Dialimpa Badji In August 2009, a Senegalese activist, popular on social networks, shared a photomontage on Twitter and Facebook comparing the costs of two sports facilities – one in Kigali, Rwanda (Kigali Arena) and the...
May 2, 2021 | Media law and policy
by Nhlanhla Ngwenya African media and press freedom advocates have every reason to celebrate this year, as the world returns to the continent to commemorate the adoption of a landmark covenant – the Windhoek Declaration on promoting press freedom. The...
May 1, 2021 | Journalists safety
by Michael D. Aggrey In many parts of South Sudan, a person wearing civilian casual clothes walking through the streets while carrying an AK47 machine-gun on the shoulder can survive arrest, but one with a big camera on the shoulder cannot. John was carrying a camera...
May 1, 2021 | Youth, Media & Media Literacy
by Naseem Tarawnah From Morocco to Egypt, authorities in North Africa have increasingly cracked down on legitimate criticism on social media platforms in recent years. Wielding vaguely-worded laws, governments have suppressed free expression under various pretexts,...
