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Global Media Leaders Plan to Confront Disinformation Crisis at 2025 Summit

Network of Independent Media Councils in Africa Re-affirm Media Self-Regulation, Co-regulation at Historic Summit

UNESCO Hosts 2025 Global Media, Information Literacy Week in Colombia

NBC Unveils AFRICAST 2025 to Drive Digital Innovation in African Media

UNESCO Launches Networks to Advance Ethical Artificial Intelligence, Public Participation

Stakeholders Advocate Legislative Amendment to Strengthen Institutional Independence, Effectiveness of NBC

Information Minister Pledges to Collaborate with Editors Guild to Reform Media Laws

NBC Director-General Proposes Establishment of Broadcasting Standards Tribunal to Ensure Due Process in Regulation

CSOs Adopt Berlin Declaration on Environmental Justice, Right to Information

DC-Journalism Launches 2024/2025 Annual Report on Artificial Intelligence, Journalism

MRA Joins #KeepItOn Coalition, 31 Other Entities to Demand Full Internet Restoration in Kenya

ICJ, Danish Institute Launch Initiative on Global Principles on Human Rights in Digital Space

FOC Reaffirms Commitment to Safeguard Human Rights in Age of AI

Austria Hosts 2025 IPI Congress, Media Festival to Safeguard Press Freedom

Media Freedom, Internet Freedom Coalitions Pay Tribute to Journalists, Urge Stakeholders to Uphold Human Rights in Use of AI

UNESCO Publishes Guide for Journalists on Covering Hate Speech

NBC, NIGCOMSAT Reinvent Digital Switch Over with the ‘Big Picture’

Information Minister Appeals to Media Not to Amplify Terrorists, Bandits Activities

FOC Admits 6 New Members to 2024-2026 Advisory Network Cohort

GPD Launches Guide to Support Civil Society Engagement at WTSA-24

MRA, 80 Others Call on UN to Ensure Robust Protection for Information Access, Media Freedom, Public-Interest Journalism

Federal Government Outlines Challenges Impeding Human Rights Protection in Nigeria to UN Body

CIPESA Collaborates with AfricTivistes to Organise Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2024 (FIFAfrica24)

UNESCO, AU to Commemorate 2024 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Addis Ababa

Digital Democracy Centre Fellowship Programme Opens for Applications

AU, UNESCO, University of Johannesburg Partner to Enhance Journalism Training for AU Media Fellowship

Access Now to Hold RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka

Pulitzer Center Calls for Applications for Ocean Reporting Fellowship

Working Group on Data Governance Launches Data Governance Toolkit

AU, UNESCO, UNECA Collaborate to Develop Continental Framework on Information Integrity

Nigeria Merit Media Awards Invite Entries for 2025 Edition

Legacy 95.1 FM General Manager Suspended for Criticising Governor

Blogger Arrested, Arraigned for Allegedly Publishing Fake News on Facebook

Journalist, Activist Arrested, Charged with Cybercrime

Niger State Governor Orders Shutdown of Badeggi FM, Revocation of Licence

U S State Department Reports Free Expression, Other Human Rights Violations in Nigeria to Congress

ACHPR Initiates Study Preparatory to Updating Model Law on Access to Information in Africa

Coroner Orders Hospital to Disclose Records on Late Journalist Pelumi Onifade to MRA’s Lawyers

The Onslaught Intensifies: A Mid Term Assessment Report on Media Freedom Under The Tinubu Administration

Attacks against Journalists Intensifying under Tinubu Administration, Says MRA in New Report

MRA Demands Probe into Photojournalist’s Death, Prosecution of Perpetrator

MRA Calls on Federal Government to Implement ECOWAS Court Judgment on Blasphemy Laws

MRA Joins UNESCO’s Global CSO and Academic Network on AI Ethics and Policy

Global Heat Health Information Network Calls for Entries in Global Photo Contest on Extreme Heat

Kogi Radio Station Invaded, Equipment Worth Millions Stolen

Juliana Ebere Francis

Journalist Sues Police over Alleged Failure to Respond to FOI Request, Seeks N1 Million in Damages

Coroner Adjourns Inquest into Pelumi Onifade’s Death to August 8 for Further Directions

Social Critic Arrested over TikTok Post

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) was established in 1993 as an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization for the purpose of promoting and protecting the right to freedom of expression, media freedom, access to information as well as digital rights and freedoms.

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