Reports - Central and Eastern Africa

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8 May 2012

Kenya / China

China's media footprint in Kenya

The expansion comes as other, predominantly Western media houses are shrinking their media presence in East Africa.

2 May 2012

Kenya

Legal analysis: Draft Campaign Financing Bill

In the analysis, ARTICLE 19 emphasises that transparency in campaign financing is indispensible for embedding accountability and integral to the promotion of good governance and democracy.

2 May 2012

Burundi

Escalation of political violence documented in new Human Rights Watch report

The report also highlights numerous cases in which individuals were threatened, forced into hiding, and murdered as a result of their perceived political leanings.

26 April 2012

Uganda

Press freedom continues to diminish, says new report

Attacks on journalists have escalated in the past six months despite the government's commitment to adhere to international human rights principles, with 32 cases of attacks since the review by the UN Human Rights Council, says HRNJ-Uganda.

18 April 2012

Uganda

ARTICLE 19 legal analysis: Communications Regulatory Authority Bill

The Communications Regulatory Authority Bill is a major piece of legislation intended to consolidate and harmonise two existing and overlapping laws – the Uganda Communications Act and the Electronic Media Act.

10 April 2012

Central and Eastern Africa

Free expression and law in 2011

ARTICLE 19 outlines the main legal developments regarding freedom of expression and information in East Africa.

16 March 2012

Somalia / Kenya

The plight of journalists who flee Al-Shabaab

Kenya represents a beacon of regional press freedom, and the majority of regional journalists are able to continue to work in the media field without harassment.

12 March 2012

Somalia / Kenya

NUSOJ report reveals rights abuses at radio station

The report highlights violations of journalists' rights, such as the victimising of staff who lost their jobs after refusing to compromise their professional ethics. It features the case of Farah Lamaane, a former RBK senior editor who was forced to resign after complaining of unwarranted interference with editorial independence by the station's management.

9 March 2012

Kenya

CPJ underlines hazards of reporting all sides of the Lamu port story

Many journalists in eastern Africa have faced the wrath of authorities for their criticism of government development projects, CPJ found.

28 February 2012

Kenya

ARTICLE 19 publishes analysis of Publication of Electoral Opinion Polls Bill

ARTICLE 19 has analysed the Kenyan Publication of Electoral Opinions Bill, 2011 from the perspective of international and comparative standards on freedom of expression and freedom of information.

13 February 2012

Uganda

HRNJ-Uganda report points to deterioration in media freedom

The organisation documented 107 cases of attacks on journalists in 2011, compared to 58 in 2010 and 38 in 2009.

25 January 2012

Ethiopia

EFJA calls for concerted global efforts to stop abuses

Following a spate of convictions of journalists on trumped up charges, EFJA calls for action from democratic governments around the world, as well as civil liberty and freedom advocates.

19 January 2012

Somalia

Attacks on the press up in 2011, says NUSOJ annual report

The targeting of journalists is increasingly politically motivated and systemic, says NUSOJ.

29 December 2011

Somalia

NUSOJ annual review of crimes against journalists

According to NUSOJ research, four journalists were killed, seven wounded and 19 arrested in 2011.

23 September 2011

Eritrea

Human Rights Watch releases briefing paper on missing political prisoners

The fate of 21 senior government members and journalists who criticised President Isaias Afewerki is still unknown 10 years after they were arrested.

31 May 2011

Rwanda

Serious miscarriages of justice need national court review, Human Rights Watch says

Community-based gacaca courts have helped communities confront the country's 1994 genocide but have failed to provide credible decisions and justice in a number of cases, Human Rights Watch said in a report.

5 May 2011

Uganda

HRNJ-Uganda Press Freedom Index, November 2010 - April 2011

More than 55 journalists were subjected to different forms of violence in the last six months, says HRNJ-Uganda.

12 January 2011

Somalia

NUSOJ releases annual report on state of press freedom

The report states that "most attacks against journalists have been attributed to Islamist armed forces, followed by the Puntland administration and their security forces and the transitional federal government."

20 December 2010

Uganda

HRNJ-Uganda 10-month index report - More than 50 journalists exposed to violence between January and October 2010

HRNJ-Uganda has launched a campaign to mitigate the deteriorating security situation for journalists in the lead up to, as well as during and after, upcoming general elections.

14 December 2010

Democratic Republic of Congo

JED releases annual report revealing alarming plight of journalists

Over the course of 2010, JED registered 87 attacks on press freedom, including one assassination of a journalist and 44 arrests.

13 December 2010

Somalia

NUSOJ marks Human Rights Day with report on the misery of the country's journalists

The nationwide survey reveals how the human rights of working journalists, particularly their labour rights, are grossly violated by every company and in every corner of the country.

23 November 2010

Burundi

Restrictions on public expression increase following elections, Human Rights Watch report says

Journalists and civil society activists who express critical views are labelled political opponents and subjected to arrests and threats.

8 October 2010

Uganda

HRNJ-Uganda reports on shrinking space for free expression and media freedom ahead of 2011 general elections

In the first six months of 2010, over 30 journalists reported harassment or suffered some kind of abuse at the hands of state bodies or media-targeting mobs.

6 August 2010

Uganda

HRNJ-Uganda releases report on the first six months of 2010

The report reveals that electronic media journalist face high levels of risk in the line of duty.

28 May 2010

Ethiopia

Independent media voices absent in election coverage

Government must relinquish "desire to control flow of," says IPI

4 May 2010

Uganda

Journalists under threat

Human Rights Watch urged authorities to put an end to the intimidation of rural media and amend repressive freedom of expression laws prior to the 2011 elections.

24 March 2010

Ethiopia

Repression rising ahead of May elections

The report documents the ways in which the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front has systematically punished opposition supporters.

5 January 2010

Somalia

NUSOJ's 2009 annual report on press freedom

In 2009, a total of nine journalists were killed either in the line of duty or in targeted attacks, making Somalia the most dangerous place for journalists in Africa.

14 December 2009

Democratic Republic of Congo

Free expression violations down in 2009, says JED in year-end report

JED is particularly concerned with abuses of power among intelligence agents, by far the most frequent contributors to attacks on free expression in the country.

10 November 2009