News and press statements
Call for expressions of interest to produce, air ‘Know the Projects in Your Area’ radio programmes
These programmes will be produced to help citizens perform their oversight functions.
2024: Year of suppressed critical voices in Malawi
Malawi government must stop watching as some people are intimidating and injuring those expressing themselves.
Malawi government’s disregard of right to assemble, free expression, press freedom a concern
Any attack on the right to assembly has a direct impact on freedom of expression.
Southern Africa should intensify fight against online gender-based violence
This calls for developing more rigorous and coordinated strategies to stem the growing menace of GBV at national, continental, and global levels. Female journalists should be capacitated to vigorously deal with technologically facilitated GBV.
Content Production and Practices in the Digital Age: Threats, Risks, and Opportunities
The digital age has transformed the content production landscape, making creating, distributing, and accessing information easier than ever. While this shift has ushered in unprecedented opportunities for innovation and inclusion, it has also introduced significant threats and risks that require collective effort to address.
Bottom-up approach imperative for AI development in Africa
Speaking on the impact of AI on the media and the quest to position the media as a trusted source of verified news and information, Dr Moyo said the African Union’s Agenda 2063 locates the media as one of the strategic stakeholders in achieving the long-term objectives.
Collaborations key to realisation of UN Plan of Action on safety of journalists
“Raising awareness is a crucial advocacy intervention as only through awareness are we likely to know the full extent of media violations and how deep the issue of impunity is.”
MISA Communiqué on the All Africa Judges and Jurists Summit
To strengthen African judiciaries’ engagement with emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, and leverage on them to advance the rule of law and access to justice.
MISA engages ACHPR on indiscriminate attacks on Mozambican journalists
In his letter to Commissioner Topsy-Sonoo, MISA Regional Chairperson Golden Maunganidze said the organisation was concerned the government had (at the time of writing of this communique) neither censored nor condemned the attacks on the journalists.