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Relatively low internet penetration rates (an average of 40% across the continent) and stark differences in digital access within and across states mask social media’s increasing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260238
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Nigerian social media.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238815
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The notice has been widely interpreted as an attack on freedom of expression ahead of a general election campaign in which public gatherings have been banned and the bulk of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256517
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International donors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are promoting greater use of technology in elections across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Electoral technology…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214296
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This includes a range of new prescriptions such as a ban on all kinds of public campaigning and safety measures for polling itself, in what the EC describes as a model for…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254071
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Media freedom in East Africa.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB231858
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Prospects for the opposition legal challenge to Uganda's public order legislation.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251086
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In the past few years, a flurry of new requirements and restrictions on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been passed or are being considered across the world. These…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208145
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However, the ban has been widely perceived as politically motivated, particularly because the massive crowds attending the rallies appeared to be giving the opposition political…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282279
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Following extended crackdowns on opposition forces, as well as sustained targeting of human rights organisations and critical media, the polls will be held in a climate of intense…