Media freedom monitoring and safety of journalists
This includes tracking incidents of harassment, attacks and assault as well as arbitrary detention and sentencing that restrict the work of individual media professionals and threatens journalists’ safety. We also track actions that violate people’s right to freedom of expression, including the right to online expression.
We post individual reports on media freedom violations to our website. We also publish the annual So This is Democracy report which collates these incidents.
Media freedom monitoring helps us provide relevant support to journalists, media practitioners and institutions whose rights are violated. The research aspect also enables MISA Malawi to develop a greater understanding of media violations and allows the organisation to identify and track emerging issues and trends.
Media violations
Open Letter to the AU Heads of State and Government on the Endorsed Continental AI Strategy and African Digital Compact
Date: 22 July 2024 Your Excellencies, 1. This open letter is produced in response to the statement made on 17 June 2024 by the African Union Commission announcing the endorsement of the Continental Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy and African Digital Compact by...
MISA Regional 2023 Annual Report (Now Available!!!)
Expression in the Age of Fragmentation The world is more fragmented today than ever. Strife is more pronounced at a global scale, with conflicts degenerating to armed conflict. The number of people living in fragile states is perpetually on the increase, while more...
Botswana President calls for solutions to issues affecting the media in Southern Africa
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi says there is need to reflect and find solutions to the challenges of viability and disinformation affecting the media in the region. President Masisi was speaking at the World Press Freedom Day commemorations which MISA, with...
Press freedom declines significantly in Southern Africa
Press freedom in Southern Africa has significantly declined in the past year, with several countries declining in the annual Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index. However, improvements were recorded in Tanzania, Malawi, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and Angola....
MISA Malawi calls for free media ahead of 2025 Malawi elections
MISA Malawi joins the rest of the world in celebrating World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) today with a call for the government, political parties and electoral candidates to ensure free and independent media ahead of September 16 2025 tripartite elections. May 3 each year...