November 6

• Ghana: MFWA's Second Quarter Findings On Monitoring Electoral Campaign Language On Radio [press release]

  The monitoring of electoral campaign language on radio by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) was launched in January 2012. However, the daily monitoring of electoral... Read more »

October 19

• Ghana: MFWA?s Report On Monitoring Electoral Campaign Language - NPP Remains the Most Abusive On Radio [press release]

  Affiliates and supporters of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have once again been found to be the most abusive on radio during the monitoring of electoral campaign... Read more »

October 17

• Ghana: Report On Monitoring Campaign Language On Radio [press release]

  For the past six weeks (August 19 - September 29, 2012), findings from the Media Foundation for West Africa's (MFWA) electoral campaign language monitoring, have revealed that... Read more »

October 5

• Ghana: MFWA's Report On Monitoring Electoral Campaign Language - NPP Leads for the Sixth Consecutive Time [press release]

  This report presents the findings of monitoring electoral campaign language on radio for the period, September 23 - 29, 2012 (26th week of monitoring). Reports were received on 121... Read more »

September 28

• Ghana: Offensive Rhetoric Rises Ahead of Polls [document]

  Electoral campaign activities are gradually intensifying as the countdown to the December polls draws near. Consequently, electoral programming and political debates/discussions... Read more »

September 27

• Ghana: Joint Statement in Support of the Amendment of Sections of the Criminal Offences Act, Act 29 of 1960 [press release]

  We, the undersigned organisations and individuals in Accra, having reviewed the proposed draft amendment to sections of the Criminal Offences Act as against the provisions of the... Read more »

• Ghana: Media Foundation for West Africa's Proposed Amendment to Sections of the Criminal Offences Act, Act 29 [press release]

  The continuing application of section 208 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960(Act 29) and the existence of other remnant provisions in the Act have proven increasingly problematic... Read more »

August 22

• Ghana: Al-Sunna Members Besiege Tamale Radio Station [press release]

  North Star FM, a privately-owned radio station based in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital was on August 19, 2012 besieged by members of Al-Sunna, a Muslim sect, to register... Read more »

July 28

• Ghana: MFWA Mourns President Mills [press release]

  The board, management and staff of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) learnt with deep sorrow the sudden death of the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency... Read more »

July 23

• Ghana: NPP/NDC Bigwigs Continue to Make Indecent Expressions On Radio [press release]

  Three prominent politicians from the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) were found to have used indecent expressions during... Read more »

July 20

• Ghana: Mining Company Accuses Reporter of Spying [press release]

  Pascal Kelvin Kudiabor, an online reporter for privately-owned www.Ghanabusinessnews.com, was arrested by the police on July 16, 2012. His arrest was after Emmaland Cadero... Read more »

• Ghana: Education, Healthcare Next as National Priorities, Survey Reveals [press release]

  Accra, Ghana - Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Ghanaians say job creation should be the priority of the next President, with 20% prioritizing education and 14% choosing healthcare as... Read more »

July 11

• Ghana: First Quarter of Monitoring Language-Use On Radio: Summary of Findings [document]

  1.0 Introduction Read more »

• Ghana: Media Foundation for West Africa Deepens Citizens' Engagements With Local Authorities in North Ahead of 2012 Elections [press release]

  The Media Foundation for West Africa under its Media and Democratisation Programme and with support from IBIS-GHANA is carrying out a project titled Using Radio to Promote... Read more »

July 9

• Ghana: EC Boss Backs Campaign Against Indecent Expression On Radio [press release]

  The campaign against indecent expressions on radio in Ghana continues to receive massive support from the public. The latest to back the project is Ghana's Electoral Commissioner,... Read more »

June 22

• Ghana: Rights Groups Demand Immediate Passage of RTI Bill [press release]

  Rights groups in Ghana on June 20, 2012 orgainsed a national conference in Accra to intensify their long campaign for the country to pass into law the long delayed Right to... Read more »

June 14

• Ghana: Newspaper Reporter Assaulted for Covering Police Brutalities [press release]

  Victor Kwawukume, a Volta Regional correspondent of state-owned Daily Graphic newspaper was on June 10, 2012 attacked by four policemen while covering their brutalities on some... Read more »

May 4

• Ghana: MFWA - Findings for Week Three of Monitoring Language Use On Radio [press release]

  This report covers the findings of the third week (April 15 to 21, 2012) of monitoring language use on radio under Media Foundation for West Africa's project on: Promoting... Read more »

April 26

• Ghana: Promoting Issues-Based and Decent Language Campaigning in 2012 Elections [press release]

  Background: Read more »

March 27

• Ghana: Government Rescinds Decision to Boycott Multimedia Group [press release]

  A bitter stand-off between the Government of Ghana and Multimedia Group Limited, an Accra-based independent media group has been resolved after a meeting between the two sides... Read more »

March 23

• Ghana: MFWA Appeals to President Mills to Rescind Government's Decision On Multimedia Group [press release]

  The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) appeals to President John Atta Mills to reverse his government's decision not to have any dealings with the radio and TV stations... Read more »

March 20

• Ghana: Boost for Telecoms Reporting in Ghana [press release]

  Telecoms reporting in Ghana has been given a tremendous boost with some influential media in the country designating journalists from their respective media as telecom reporters. Read more »

March 19

• Ghana: Activist Detained Over Allegations Against First Lady

  A ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) activist, Ernest Owusu Bempah, a fiery critic of the President Atta Mills administration, was on March 14, 2012, detained on charges of... Read more »

May 4, 2011

• Ghana: Police Detains Photojournalists Briefly, Delete Photographs [press release]

  Takyi Boateng, a photojournalist of the state-owned Daily Graphic newspaper was on April 29, 2011 arrested and detained briefly at a police station in Mampong-Akuapem, a town in... Read more »

March 10, 2011

• Ghana: Police Invite MP for Issuing Death Threats Against Editor [press release]

  Kennedy Agyapong, an opposition politician and Member of Parliament for Assin North in the Central Region of Ghana, was on March 9, 2011 invited by the Criminal Investigations... Read more »