July 30, 2025
West Africa: MFWA Strongly Condemns Assault On Joynews' Journalist
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has followed with worrying concern the assault of JoyNews' reporter, Carlos Calony and his cameraman, Jonas Dodzi Voegborlo, by the… Read more »
July 21, 2025
West Africa: Newspaper Editor Arrested After Minister's Online Harrassment Complaint
In Benin, journalist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper La Boussole, Cosme Hounsa, was arrested on the evening of July 15, 2025 by agents of the National Center for Digital… Read more »
July 14, 2025
West Africa: Meet the Sixth Cohort of NGIJ Fellows
The Media Foundation for West Africa has selected 10 journalists across Ghana for a three-month investigative journalism fellowship, where they will build their capacity on Illicit… Read more »
June 30, 2025
West Africa: Journalist Arrested, Detained After Reporting On Alleged Disappearances of Girls
On June 20, 2025, Moussa Garba, a journalist with Maradi-based Dounia Radio and Television was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Police. Maradi is the second largest city in… Read more »
July 07, 2025
West Africa: Journalist Freed After Detention Over False Information Claim
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the release of Moussa Adamou Garba, a journalist with Maradi-based Dounia Radio and Television. After over two weeks in… Read more »
July 08, 2025
Senegal: Continued Detention of Journalist Bachir Fofana Regrettable
On July 2, 2025, Senegalese journalist and columnist Bachir Fofana who has been in detention since June 25, 2025 was brought to trial at the Dakar Court for Immediate Offenses… Read more »
June 30, 2025
West Africa: Curbing Illicit Financial Flows in Ghana - Stakeholders Call for Media, CSOs in Asset Disclosure Oversight
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) convened a high-level multi-stakeholder forum in Accra on June 26, 2025, to spotlight the loopholes in Ghana's asset declaration and… Read more »
June 27, 2025
Guinea: Investigation Launched Into Abduction, Torture of Mohamed Traoré
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the statement from the Office of the Attorney General announcing the launch of investigations into the abduction and torture of… Read more »
June 24, 2025
West Africa: Guinea - Former National Transitional Council Member Abducted, Brutally Assaulted
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the abduction and brutal assault of Guinean lawyer Mohamed Traoré in the night between June 20 and 21, 2025.… Read more »
June 16, 2025
Mauritania: Activist Convicted Under Controversial Protection of National Symbols Law
On April 26, 2025, activist Abdoulaye Bâ was arrested for a social media video he posted. In the video he called the Minister of the Interior to end arrests of irregular… Read more »
