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Good News, Bad News: A Story of Internet Shutdowns in Togo And Ethiopia
By Juliet Nanfuka | The pushback against internet shutdowns in Africa received a boost last month wh...
Announcing the CIPESA 2020 Fellows
Announcement | The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) i...
Countering Nonconsensual Sharing of Intimate Images: How far do Uganda’s Laws Go?
By African Feminism | In 2014, when Uganda introduced a law against pornography, few anticipated th...
Coalition of Civil Society Groups Launches Tool to Track Responses to Disinformation in Sub Saharan Africa
Press Release | Today, Global Partners Digital (GPD), ARTICLE 19, the Collaboration on Internationa...
African Internet Rights Alliance (AIRA) Denounces Restrictions on Freedoms in Kenya and Nigeria
Joint Letters | The African Internet Rights Alliance (AIRA) has expressed deep concern about the use...
Uganda's Social Media Tax Undermining Covid-19 Fight
By Juliet Nanfuka | Globally, in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID19), social m...
CIPESA Submission to UN Special Rapporteur Spotlights Rights Concerns in Africa’s Covid-19 Response
By Daniel Mwesigwa | Many African governments have employed heavy-handed methods in response to the ...
COVID-19 Content Moderation Research Letter
Open Letter | As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, the importance of technology plat...
Why Access to Information on Covid-19 is Crucial to Persons with Disabilities in Africa
By Paul Kimumwe | While the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues to ravage the world, there is g...
Centre for Human Rights and CIPESA Conduct Study on Civil Society in the Context of the Digital Age in Africa
By Center for Human Rights and CIPESA | The study on Civil society in the digital age in Africa: id...
Joint Civil Society Statement: States Use of Digital Surveillance Technologies to Fight Pandemic Must Respect Human Rights
Joint Statement | The COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health emergency that requires a coordina...
Building a Robust Data Protection Regime in Senegal
By Simone Toussi | Across Africa, there is a push for digitalisation with different countries at var...
Silencing Critical Voices: Our Online Civic Space is Shrinking
By Digital Shelter | Somalia had recorded steady growth in telephone penetration – with 7.6 mobile...
New Mali Cybercrime Law Potentially Problematic to Digital Rights
By Simone Toussi | On December 5, 2019, the president of Mali promulgated Law n° 2019-056 on the Su...
La nouvelle loi du Mali sur la cybercriminalité potentiellement problématique pour les droits numériques
Par Simone Toussi | Le 5 décembre 2019, le président du Mali a promulgué la loi n° 2019-056 port...
Advancing Collaborations in Strategic Litigation for Digital Rights in East Africa
By Edrine Wanyama | Strategic litigation has gained recognition as a tool for pushing back against r...
L'Afrique Face à de Nouveaux Systèmes de Désinformation et de Surveillance Qui Sapent la Démocratie
Par Daniel Mwesigwa | Une gamme de fournisseurs de logiciels espions, dont la firme italienne Hackin...
The Africa Digital Rights Fund Awards USD 152,000 to Advance Digital Rights in 18 African Countries
By Ashnah Kalemera | The second round of the Africa Digital Rights Fund (ADRF) has awarded a total o...
Senegal to Review Data Protection Law
By Thomas Robertson | Twelve years after being among the first African countries to enact data prote...
Le Sénégal va Réviser la Loi sur la Protection des Données Personnelles
Par Thomas Robertson | Douze années après avoir été l’un des premiers pays africains à promul...
Joint CSO Letter to United Nations and African Commission Special Rapporteurs on the arrest and detention of Tanzanian Human Rights Defender Tito Elia Magoti
Letter | The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has jo...
Hanging 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...
Building Digital Literacy and Security Capacity of Women Refugees in Uganda
By Ashnah Kalemera | Statistics on the prevalence of cyber harassment of women in Africa remain sca...
Africa in the Crosshairs of New Disinformation and Surveillance Schemes That Undermine Democracy
By Daniel Mwesigwa | A range of spyware vendors including Italian Hacking Team, the Anglo-German Gam...
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