Background: Digital technology is a means to uphold or violate human rights in various
domains, including business, military, and health. Given the pervasiveness of mobile …

Objective Digital technology has the potential to support or infringe upon human rights. The
ubiquity of mobile technology in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) presents an …

This ground-breaking volume examines enduring and emerging discourses around
communication rights in Africa, arguing that they should be considered an integral …

The rise of social media usage has generated global debates over efforts to address
widening concerns through moderation of user practices and content that potentially …

The right to communication is one of the fundamental rights encapsulated in national and
international conventions. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and …

This chapter provides a historical overview of the problematic concepts,“communication
rights”, and its more politicized variant,“the right to communicate”, highlighting their ovulation …

Access to the Internet has become crucial for democratic citizenship globally. However, in
developing societies such as South Africa, universal access to the Internet is still a pipe …

The Internet has spawned numerous opportunities for citizens of the African continent,
enabling access to information that counters state propaganda, thereby asserting their …

Despite this long history, the concept is marred with controversy due to lack of conceptual
clarity (Musiani et al., 2009). On the African continent, these controversies are intertwined …

This working paper surveys, documents, and analyzes the contributions of APN scholars to
the knowledge and practice of peacebuilding in Africa against the background of the 10th …