Zambia’s Mixed Record on ICT Access and Free Expression Online
By Ashnah Kalemera | The first-ever Lusaka Internet Forum (LIF17) was hosted in Zambia’s capital on May 10-11 as a platform for discussing the various factors impacting internet use in the country,...
View ArticleUniversal Periodic Review: Civic Groups Urge Burundi to Respect Free Expression
By Edrine Wanyama and Kesa Pharatlhatlhe | The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) alongside Article 19, the East Africa Law Society, the Pan African Lawyers...
View ArticleUganda Moves to Register Online Content Providers
By Daniel Mwesigwa | Uganda has become the latest East African country to threaten access to information and free speech online by putting in place measures that require the registration of online...
View ArticleStakeholder Submission to the UN Human Rights Council on Digital Rights in...
By Ashnah Kalemera | In November 2019, The Gambia will be coming up for its third cycle review under the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism. Former President Yahya Jammeh, before...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Digital Rights Record on the Spot at May 2019 Universal Peer Review
By Ashnah Kalemera | Despite the promises and efforts made by Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, to transform the country after years of political repression and state control of major...
View ArticleHanging in the Balance: Online and Offline Freedom of the Press in Guinea
By Simone Toussi | Guinea’s media landscape boasts over 70 media outlets including streaming media, radio, television and print media. Yet still, the country does not score highly on international...
View ArticleStalking the Messenger: Ending Impunity for Illegal Surveillance
Opinion | We know that the issues around digital surveillance are complicated. The tech side of the tools used and the means to circumvent them are complicated. Drawing a hard line between what may be...
View ArticleSudan’s Bad Laws, Internet Censorship and Repressed Civil Liberties
By Khattab Hamad and CIPESA Writer | On December 19, 2021, the third anniversary of the start of the uprising that overthrew former Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir, protests against the current...
View ArticleAfrican Countries Engage in Regional Dialogue Over Internet Universality...
By UNESCO | On 16 March 2022, UNESCO, jointly with the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) convened a regional dialogue on implementing Internet Universality...
View ArticleThree Years After Al-Bashir Ouster, Sudan’s Internet Freedom Landscape...
By Khattab Hamad | Over three years since the ouster of long-term authoritarian president Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s ongoing political crisis continues to present challenges for internet freedom in the...
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