First African School on internet governance yields 35 graduates

JOHANNESBURG (APC for APCNews) Participants from more than fifteen African countries successfully completed a three-day training event organised the NEPAD Agency’s e-Africa Programme and APC. More >

Women’s rights and threats to online freedom: reflections from the Freedom Online Conference

In June 2013 Françoise Mukuku took part in the conference on online freedom known as Freedom Online. In the midst of the international storm about surveillance and censorship, our specific focus was online freedom in Africa and the Arab world as Tunisia, like all of the Maghreb, has one foot in both worlds. Read more of her reflections here: More >

Network News: Justice for gender-based violence in Congo Brazza

JOHANNESBURG (APC Nouvelles) APC News interviews Sylvie Niombo of AZURDéveloppement about the Africatti project whose objective is to hold governments accountable for the fight against gender-based violence. Niombo describes the lack of policies on gender-based violence in Congo-Brazzaville and its effect on access by women to justice for gender-based violence.More >

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