Media Foundation for West Africa (Accra)

June 17

West Africa: Guinea Alert - Attorney General Intervenes in Suspension of Planete FM [press release]

The Supreme Court presided over by its President, Mamadou Syllabic, on June 7, 2013 overturned a one month suspension imposed on privately-owned Planète FM and its managing... Read more »

West Africa: MFWA Highlights Major Threats to Press Freedom in West Africa [press release]

Armed conflicts, violent activities of fundamentalist groups and drug cartels and general intolerance for free expression among a number of governments have been highlighted as... Read more »

West Africa: MFWA Pushes for Implementation of ECOWAS Court Decisions [press release]

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has commenced the setting up of national Civil Society Coalitions for a planned regional advocacy aimed at ensuring the implementation... Read more »
West Africa: MFWA's Radio and Governance Programme Receives Assembly's Support [press release]

An ongoing project, which is contributing to enhancing the capacity of radio stations and making them central platforms for citizens' engagement and participation in local... Read more »
West Africa: MFWA Pushes for Implementation of Ecowas Court Decisions [press release]

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has commenced the setting up of national Civil Society Coalitions for a planned regional advocacy aimed at ensuring the implementation... Read more »

West Africa: Togo Alert - Ex-Officer Arrested Over Interview With Legendé Fm [press release]

Oliver Poko Amah, a former senior officer of the Togolese Gendaremie, has been detained at the dreaded Mango Prison, more than 500 kilometres north of Lome, the capital. Amah was... Read more »
West Africa: MFWA to Participate in Global Conference On Freedom of Expression [press release]

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) will participate in the 2013 IFEX General Meeting and Strategic Conference scheduled for June 17- 20, 2013. Read more »

Equatorial Guinea: Guinea Alert - Violent Attacks Against Protestors and the Media On the Rise [press release]

Police officers from the Guinea Police Service continue to violently crackdown on opposition protestors who are demanding a free and credible legislative election since President... Read more »
West Africa: Prof. Kwame Karikari Appointed to the Board of Graphic Communications Group [press release]

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Professor Kwame Karikari, has been appointed to the Board of Ghana's leading state-owned print media, the... Read more »

Guinea: Death Threat Against Journalist [press release]

Nouhou Baldé, deputy chief of the Guineenews website and an investigative journalist on May 20, 2013, received a life threatening message from an unknown assailant via his... Read more »
Ghana: RTI Coalition Calls On President Mahama to Act On RTI Bill [press release]

The Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) has sent a letter to President John Dramani Mahama, requesting him to take action to ensure that the Right to Information Bill is... Read more »

West Africa: West African Freedom of Expression Monitors Convene in Accra [press release]

Freedom of Expression monitors from the 15 ECOWAS member States are convening in Accra from May 22-24, 2013 for a training workshop on the methodology to be used in rating freedom... Read more »

West Africa: President Sirleaf Must Show Commitment to Press Freedom [press release]

The MFWA has received with concern, the recent developments in Liberia which undermines press freedom and freedom of expression in that country. Read more »
West Africa: MFWA Trains Monitors On Rating Freedom of Expression Conditions in West African Countries [press release]

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), in partnership with Freedom House Inc, a freedom of expression (FoE) advocacy organisation based in the US, is organizing a three-day... Read more »
Gambia: Gambian Government Releases Detained Imam - Warns of Intolerance for Freedom of Expression [press release]

The Gambian government on May 11th, 2013 released a renowned Muslim Cleric and a Human Rights Defender - Imam Baba Leigh after he was arrested and detained on 3rd December, 2012. Read more »
West Africa: MFWA to Intensify FOE Rights Monitoring and Reporting in Mali [press release]

The Media Foundation for West Africa in partnership with the Copenhagen-based International Media Support and the Dakar-based Panos Institute West Africa, is to intensify its free... Read more »

Sierra Leone: Two Journalists Detained On Press Freedom Day, Charged With Criminal Defamation [press release]

The Freetown Court No.3 on May 6, 2013, charged Kasho Cole and Ibrahim Samura, Managing Editor and editor respectively of privately-owned Prime Newspaper, on eight counts of... Read more »

Ghana: Estate Owner Assaults Journalists, Damages Their Equipment [press release]

Frank Worlanyo and Thomas Attram, reporter and cameraman respectively from Metropolitan Television (Metro TV), an Accra-based privately-owned TV station were on April 25, 2013,... Read more »
Ghana: MFWA Launches Phase Two of Its Local Governance Project in Northern Ghana [press release]

The Media Foundation for West Africa under its Media, Development and Democratisation Programme, will from May 2013, officially commence Phase Two of its project "Using Radio to... Read more »
Ghana: Bodyguards of Prophet T.B. Joshua Lock Up Journalists for No Reason [press release]

Four journalists belonging to Accra-based media organisations were on May 7, 2013, detained for several hours by macho men believed to be bodyguards of Prophet T.B Joshua, Founder... Read more »
Guinea: Demonstrators Violently Attacked, Four Dead [press release]

A large crowd of supporters belonging to the Guinean Opposition Coalition were on May 2, 2013 brutally attacked with live bullets and tear gas by police officers and gendarmes... Read more »

West Africa: MFWA Salutes Journalists On World Press Freedom Day [press release]

As the world celebrates World Press Freedom Day today (May 3, 2013), the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) salutes all journalists, the media, freedom of expression and media... Read more »

Guinea: Police Attack Opposition Protestors, Arrest and Assault Leaders [press release]

Police officers drawn from the mobile squad of the Guinea National Police Force on April 18, 2013 fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse a large group of opposition... Read more »
Guinea: Police Fire on Opposition Radio Station [press release]

Angry police officers from the Mobile Police Squad of the Guinea National Police Force in the night of April 18, 2013 besieged the premises of Planete FM, owned by Abubacarr Sylla,... Read more »

West Africa: Afri Radio to Sue Regulatory Body [press release]

Afri Radio, a privately-owned radio station has resolved to take legal action against the statutory media regulatory body, the Independent Media Commission (IMC) after its... Read more »

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