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Latest posts by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

Post-Magufuli, will Tanzania review its repressive online content regulations?

EPOCA 2020 content regulations are used to undermine digital rights

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

30 March 2021

In Tanzania, full-throttle COVID-19 denial leaves citizens without access to public health information

Tanzania has gone silent on COVID-19 since declaring itself 'coronavirus-free'

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

26 January 2021

A Zimbabwean journalist, two opposition politicians jailed for tweets about police brutality

'Impunity continues to prevail on human rights violations in Zimbabwe'

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

25 January 2021

Internet throttling, SMS blocking in days leading up to election in Tanzania

Digital rights activists speculated that Tanzania may restrict internet services

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

28 October 2020

Zimbabwe governance crisis: Arrests over COVID-19 corruption and planned protests

'Journalists must be allowed to report facts freely & independently'

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

26 July 2020

How does Rwanda’s genocide ideology law regulate speech online?

Genocide ideology law silences dissenting voices

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

20 July 2020

Justice for Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera comes at a steep price

In a plea bargain, Kabendera's release hinges on $118,000 in fines

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

26 February 2020

Varakashi: Zimbabwe’s online brigade targets activists and dissidents

Human rights activists have been targeted in online campaigns

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

28 November 2019

Zimbabwe government continues to weaponize information online to control citizen engagement

Media control in Zimbabwe bears its origins in colonial policies

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

15 October 2019

Tanzanian journalist faces trumped-up charges after abduction and detention

Erick Kabendera remains in jail with no bail

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

7 August 2019

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