Media Foundation for West Africa (Accra)
Website: http://www.mediafound.org/
July 27
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West Africa: MFWA Commences Internet Freedom Project [press release]
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has commenced what it intends to be a long-term advocacy to promote internet freedom in the West Africa region. The initiative is aimed... Read more »
July 26
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West Africa: MFWA Resumes Monitoring of Language On Radio Ahead of Supreme Court Verdict On Election Petition [press release]
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) will from August 1, 2013 carry out daily monitoring of expressions used on key programmes on 26 radio stations across the country. Read more »
July 24
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Gambia: UK MPs Join Campaign Against Repression in the Gambia [press release]
The long-drawn campaign against the unending brutal human rights violations by the Gambian government led by President Yahya Jammeh is attracting high level support from the... Read more »
July 23
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Guinea: Govt Closes Radio Station for Reporting on Ethnic Clashes [press release]
Zaly Liberté FM, a privately-owned radio station based in N'Zérékoré, a district about 1,000 kilometres south of Conakry, the capital, was ordered to... Read more »
July 20
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Gambia: Ending 19 Years of Repression and Impunity in the Gambia - Take Action Now [press release]
July 22, 2013, marks 19 years of President Yahya Jammeh's rule of West Africa's smallest country, The Gambia, after the 48-year old leader ceased power in 1994 through a military... Read more »
July 19
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Sierra Leone: Man Jailed For Assault On Journalist As Journalists Are Slapped With Fine for Defamation [press release]
Mohamed Ambrose Koroma, a teacher based in Kenema, a district in the eastern part of Sierra Leone was on July 12, 2013 sentenced to three months in prison by the Kenema... Read more »
July 17
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West Africa: Journalists From State-Owned Media Break Silence On Excessive Government Censorship [press release]
Journalists from the State-owned media are protesting the excessive censoring and editorial interference by the government and State agencies. Read more »
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West Africa: Internship Opportunities [press release]
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is offering internship opportunities for three (3) candidates with communication background at its office in Accra, Ghana. Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Journalists From State-Owned Media Break Silence On Excessive Government Censorship
Journalists from the State-owned media are protesting the excessive censoring and editorial interference by the government and State agencies. Read more »
July 12
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Gambia: Call for Justice - Seven Years After Gambia's Chief Manneh Disappears [press release]
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Gambia: Call for Justice - Seven Years After Gambia's Chief Manneh Disappears [press release]
Dear Partners and Colleagues, Read more »
July 10
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West Africa: Reporter Now Missing for Seven Years [press release]
July 7, 2013 marked exactly 7years since Chief Ebrimah Manneh, a reporter of the pro-government newspaper, Daily Observer, in the Gambia disappeared. Read more »
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Guinea: Radio Station Director Charged for Libel [press release]
Managing Director of Planete FM, Mandian Sidibe, has been charged with libel and placed under judicial review by a Magistrates' Court in Conakry, the capital, for comments he made... Read more »
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Guinea: Radio Station Director Charged for Libel
Managing Director of Planete FM, Mandian Sidibe, has been charged with libel and placed under judicial review by a Magistrates' Court in Conakry, the capital, for comments he made... Read more »
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Gambia: Seven Years of Disappearance of Gambia's Chief Manneh - Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied [analysis]
July 7, 2013 marked exactly 7years since Chief Ebrimah Manneh, a reporter of the pro-government newspaper, Daily Observer, in the Gambia disappeared. Chief Manneh was on July 7,... Read more »
July 08
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Ghana: Public Forum - the Courts and Free Speech [press release]
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and the National Media Commission (NMC), in collaboration the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) are organising a... Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Police Attack Opposition Demonstrators
Several opposition demonstrators and journalists are reported to have been injured when police officers on June 29, 2013, fired tear gas to disrupt a protest march at Ouagadougou,... Read more »
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Gambia: Govt Cracks Down on Internet 'False News'
The Gambian National Assembly, the country's legislative body, has passed into law an amendment to the Information and Communication Act, imposing stiffer sanctions on persons... Read more »
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Ghana: The Courts and Free Speech [opinion]
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and the National Media Commission (NMC), in collaboration the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) are organising a... Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Police Attack Opposition Demonstrators
Several opposition demonstrators and journalists are reported to have been injured when police officers on June 29, 2013, fired tear gas to disrupt a protest march at Ouagadougou,... Read more »
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Gambia: Online Freedom Threatened as Government Impose Stiffer Punishments [analysis]
The Gambian National Assembly, the country's legislative body, has passed into law an amendment to the Information and Communication Act, imposing stiffer sanctions on persons... Read more »
July 03
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Gambia: Journalist Released By the NIA, Another Missing [press release]
Pa Sulay Jadama, a freelance photojournalist, who was arrested by officers of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), has finally been released on June 26, 2013, after spending six... Read more »
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Gambia: Journalist Released by the NIA, Another Missing
Pa Sulay Jadama, a freelance photojournalist, who was arrested by officers of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), has finally been released on June 26, 2013, after spending six... Read more »
June 25
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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Alert - Journalist Harassed By Staff of Sierra Leone Water Company [press release]
Alie Mozart Sesay, a reporter with privately-owned Torchlight newspaper, was attacked on June 19, 2013, by a group of workers of the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) based in... Read more »
June 21
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Guinea: Police Beat Up Journalist [press release]
Mamadou Sire Diallo, a reporter with the privately-owned satirical newspaper, Le Lynx, was badly beaten on June 19, 2013, by a group of policemen at the capital, Conakry. Diallo... Read more »
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