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World Bank Signs US$650,000 Grant to AFIC to Strengthen Accountability, Enhance Public Oversight
KAMPALA, December 10, 2014 – The World Bank Country Manager for Uganda, Mr. Moustapha Ndiaye...
AFIC Welcomes UN Human Rights Council Recommendation to Angola to Amend and Implement Freedom of Information Law
Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) welcomes United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review...
Africa Freedom of Information Centre to Launch State of Right to Information in Africa 2014 Report
Kampala, Uganda, 28 September 2014: As information activists around the world celebrate the right to...
Uganda Launches Portal To Support Citizens’ Right To Information
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) through the Ministry of Information and...
AFIC welcomes new members, growing from 27 to 34
AFIC welcomes new Members Africa Freedom of Information Centre’s membership has grown from 27 to...
Civil Society Demand: Human Rights must be at the Center of the Africa-European Union Relations
Civil Society Demand: Human Rights must be at the Center of the Africa-European Union Relations...
Africa Regional Access to Information Conference Concludes with Strong Recommendations
A two-day Africa Regional Conference on Freedom of Information Implementation bringing together over 100 state...
Statement – African Platform on Access to Information
The Working Group of the African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) met in Johannesburg...
Launch of new global campaign to stop secret government contracting
Madrid, Thursday 27 February 2014 - by Access Info Europe Today sees the launch of...
Côte d’Ivoire adopts Access to Information Law
PRESS RELEASE AFIC Congratulates Côte d'Ivoire on Adoption of Access to Information Law Kampala: February...
First General Meeting of Africa Freedom of Expression Exchange – January 2014, Johannesburg
Last week, Africa Freedom of Information Centre hosted the first General Meeting of African Freedom...
Recommendations for Progressive Improvements on RTI
Specialist right to information organisations Access Info Europe and Centre for Law and Democracy led...
Ghana: AFIC and GRIC demand Strong ATI Law
AFIC and the Ghana Right to Information Coalition (GRIC) have issued a joint statement urging...
FOI Law: AFIC Congratulates Sierra Leone
African Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) together with its membership of 27 civil society organizations...
Zambia: Activists Re-energise APAI Campaign
An Action Conference on Access to Information was opened this morning in Lusaka, Zambia by...
OGP: Africa’s first regional meeting kicks-off in Mombasa
The Open Government Partnership Africa Regional Meeting is currently underway at the Serena Beach Hotel...
Secrecy on the wane in Africa
There has been an explosion in access to information legislation since the turn of the...
Rwanda: Progressive Access to Information Law adopted
ARTICLE 19 welcomes a comprehensive new access to information law, which came into effect in...
OGP: African Nations Commit to New Levels of Transparency
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) boasts some pretty lofty and much-needed goals. The global initiative...
ACHPR Re-appoints Pansy Tlakula as Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Right (ACHPR) has reappointed Commissioner Pansy Tlakula as...
Global Right to Information Publication Launched
Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) is pleased to join the Freedom of Information Advocates...
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