The 2025 African Media Barometer report identified the enactment of Zambia’s Access to Information Act in 2023 and the repeal of the offence of defamation of the President in 2022 as major positive reforms
Freedom of expression
Misa Zambia Calls for Responsible Journalism Ahead of 2026 Elections
The media are a critical pillar in maintaining national stability and fostering informed public discourse
Access to Information Remains a Challenge Amidst New ATI Act
The FOX Report is a brainchild of MISA Zambia and has been produced since 2022
MISA Zambia Convenes Multi-Stakeholder Meeting to Strengthen Media Freedom Framework
The meeting sought to build consensus among stakeholders on the identification and standardisation of media and digital rights violation categories
The Lusaka Declaration on Media Self-Regulation, Accountability, Sustainability and Information Integrity in Africa
We affirm that solidarity is both a guiding principle and a strategic practice that shapes collective action.
Ensuring safety for women journalists in the Digital Age
There is a need to develop safety mechanisms for women journalists, while also creating frameworks for prosecuting perpetrators of online and offline violence against media workers, particularly female journalists.
The Freedom of Expression Climate survey 2025- Now Available!
The Freedom of Expression Climate survey of Spaces of Solidarity focuses on the trends, challenges and issues that media and civil society actors in Southern Africa prioritise.
MSCZ launches
This launch represents a bold commitment of the MSCZ to strengthening media professionalism and protecting freedom of expression in Zambia
MISA launches fifth annual state of press freedom report
The report documents urgent media issues such as the legal environment impacting access to information and media freedom across the region. It aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.10 and is part of the Media 4 SDGs Series.
MISA hosts WPFD 25 pre-conference
This year’s WPFD theme is “Reporting in the Brave New World: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media”