West Africa: Monitoring of Indecent Campaign Language in Ghana - Findings From September

This report presents findings from the daily monitoring of selected programs on 30 radio stations in Ghana. The data was collected from the 1st to the 30th of September 2024. It… Read more »

West Africa: Private Security of Mining Company Assault Media Crew and Resist Arrest

Armed private guards of Edelmetallum Resources Limited, a mining company near Manso Nkran in the Ashanti region, have attacked a three-man crew of journalists reporting on the… Read more »

West Africa: Fighting Impunity in West Africa - MFWA Assembles 14 Lawyers to Defend Journalists, Activists

In response to the persistent trend of legal harassment against journalists and civic activists in West Africa, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has put together a… Read more »

West Africa: MFWA Convenes Public Forum On the Law and Freedom of Expression in West Africa

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) will on Wednesday October 9, 2024, hold a public forum in Accra on the law and effective legal defence for journalists and human rights… Read more »

West Africa: #StopGalamseyNow - 53 Anti-Illegal Mining Protesters Arrested

What started as a #StopGalamseyNow movement, aimed at protesting illegal mining in Ghana, has now morphed into the #FreetheCitizens movement to demand the release of about 54… Read more »

West Africa: Beneficiary of MFWA-CFI 'Equal Voices' Project Wins Best Gender and Female Journalist Awards

Humu-Khrusum Tahiru, a journalist at A1 Radio based in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana and a beneficiary of the 'Equal Voices' Project, has been adjudged the Best… Read more »

West Africa: Ten Budding Journalists Selected for the 4th Edition of Ngij Fellowship

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has selected 10 young journalists for the 2024 edition of the Next Generation Investigative Journalism Fellowship (NGIJ). This cohort,… Read more »

West Africa: Fourth NGIJ Fellowship Opens in Accra

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has officially welcomed ten early-career journalists from Ghana to the fourth edition of the Next Generation Investigative Journalism… Read more »

West Africa: Indecent Expression On Radio in August - Pro-NPP, NDC Radio Station Show Hosts Top List of Offenders

The August edition of the Media Foundation for West Africa's monitoring of indecent campaign language on radio in Ghana reports that hosts of political analysis and current affairs… Read more »

West Africa: State Broadcasters From Ecowas States Commit to Mis/Disinformation Fight

Heads of the State-owned broadcast media from member states in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have pledged commitment to countering mis/disinformation in… Read more »

West Africa: MFWA, Ecowas Hold Strategic Meeting to Strengthen Media and Democracy in West Africa

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have taken another significant step towards strengthening democratic values… Read more »

West Africa: MFWA, Partners Call On Nigerian Govt to Release Journalist Pelumi's Remains, Investigate His Death

Nearly four years after the killing of journalist Onifade Emmanuel Pelumi, we, the undersigned organizations committed to promoting and defending press freedom, call on Nigerian… Read more »

West Africa: Radio Omega Journalist Alain Traoré Reported Missing

Alain Niozè Traoré, a journalist with Radio Omega in Burkina Faso has been reported missing. Read more »

West Africa: Journalist Adama Bayala Missing, Private Broadcaster BF1 Censored

Adama Bayala, a journalist with the private broadcaster, BF1, remains unfound after he disappeared on June 28, 2024. Neither his family nor his colleagues have heard from him since… Read more »

West Africa: MFWA Calls for Release of Abducted Malian Journalist

A month after his abduction on June 8, 2024, by some unidentified men in plain clothes, Malian journalist, Yeri Bocoum, remains unaccounted for. Bocoum, who runs a Facebook news… Read more »

West Africa: Ghana's Ruling Party's Thugs Invade Radio Station, Attack Rival Faction Communicator

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns in the strongest of terms, the June 15, 2024 invasion of a studio of Eagle FM, a radio station based in Walewale in the… Read more »

Burkina Faso: MFWA Demands Release of Abducted Journalist

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) expresses deep outrage over the abduction of journalist Atiana Serge Oulon on June 24, 2024, in Ouagadougou. Mr. Oulon, the… Read more »

West Africa: Burkina Faso's Media Regulator Clamps Down Heavily On Critical Media

Burkina Faso's media regulator has descended heavily on several media outlets, with two media organisations suspended in less than 24 hours. Read more »

West Africa: MFWA, CFI Train 32 Female Journalists in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire On Women Empowerment

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in partnership with the French media development agency, Canal France International (CFI), has trained 32 female journalists, including… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Journalist Tortured for Filming the Police

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the brutal assault of Gabriel Idibia, a Kaduna State Correspondent of the Daily Times newspapers, and demands justice… Read more »

West Africa: Burkina Faso Suspends Yet Another French Media

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned with the suspension of French news channel TV5 Monde-Afrique by the Burkinabe authorities and calls for dialogue to… Read more »

West Africa: Niger Reintroduces Prison Sentences for 'Cybercrime'

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has learned with concern that the Nigerien authorities have reintroduced prison sentences for defamation, insults and dissemination of… Read more »

West Africa: Wameca 2024 - Time to Pause for Reflections

After seven consecutive years of hosting West Africa's biggest media gathering, the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA), the Media Foundation for West… Read more »

West Africa: Guinean Govt Shuts Down Major Private Media Outlets

Guinea's junta has banned five prominent private media outlets, dealing another blow to the broadcast sector which has been reeling under various attacks by the government. Read more »

West Africa: Journalists Harassed, Detained Over Reports On Powerful Persons

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the recent detentions and harassment of journalists in Nigeria, and urges the Nigerian authorities to respect press freedom. Read more »