The African Media Barometer (AMB) is an in-depth and comprehensive
description and measurement system for national media environments on the
African continent. Unlike other press surveys or media indices the AMB is a
self-assessment exercise based on home-grown criteria derived from African
Protocols and Declarations such as the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of
Expression in Africa (2002) by the African Commission for Human and Peoples’
Rights. The instrument was jointly developed by fesmedia Africa, the media
project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in Africa, and the Media Institute of
Southern Africa (MISA) in 2004.