Table of Contents Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 3 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................. 5 Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 6 List of Acronyms .................................................................................................................................... 7 1.0. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 8 2.0. Methodology ............................................................................................................................... 9 3.0. Trends ....................................................................................................................................... 10 3.1. Socio-political environment .................................................................................................. 10 3.2. Legal Environment................................................................................................................ 19 3.2.1. Access to Information............................................................................................................ 24 3.3. Economic Environment......................................................................................................... 25 3.4. Technological environment................................................................................................... 30 4.0. Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 34 5.0. Recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 35 6.0. Appendices ................................................................................................................................ 36 6.1. Question guide ...................................................................................................................... 36 6.2. Alerts/Selected news stories (MISA Media Monitoring System) ......................................... 38 6