West Africa: Police Arrest Political Activist Over Derogatory Remarks About Ghanaian King

Police in Tamale have arrested a social media activist and supporter of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over a social media post deemed defamatory to the Yaa Naa, the… Read more »

West Africa: Equal Voices, Equal Opportunities - Here's Why MFWA, CFI's Strategy for Gender Equality, Is Important

"It was almost time for the six o'clock news. The scripts had just been printed, and my [male] boss, who was the presenter, couldn't review them all. He asked me to bring the rest… Read more »

West Africa: Wameca 2025 to Focus On Journalism and Digital Public Infrastructure in Africa

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is delighted to announce the return of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). Read more »

West Africa: Nigerian Military Personnel Assault Journalists, Seize Gadgets

Officials of the Nigerian military assaulted three journalists on March 6, 2025, while they were on official duty in Ikeja, Lagos State, and seized their gadgets. Read more »

West Africa: MFWA Calls for Release of Activist Ahmed Ould Samba

The Media Foundation for West Africa condemns the arrest and intimidation of Mauritanian human rights activist Ahmed Ould Samba and calls for his release. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Court Discharges Influencer Hawa Hunt

The Media Foundation for West Africa welcomes the release of Hawa Hunt, from two months' incarceration and the dropping of all charges against the social media influencer by a… Read more »

West Africa: Reports Reveal How Repressive Laws Undermine Press Freedom in West Africa

In recent times, West Africa has witnessed a troubling rise in the manipulation of various laws to target journalists, stifle dissent, and undermine press freedom. Read more »

West Africa: Military Officers Brutalise Journalists in Walewale

Military personnel have beaten two journalists, Alhassan Dokurugu and Tahiru Ibrahim in Walewale, in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region of Ghana, in a second… Read more »

West Africa: Missing Activist Abdoul Sacko Found With Signs of Torture

The Media Foundation for West Africa welcomes the reappearance of Guinean activist Abdul Sacko, but condemns in the strongest terms the acts of torture to which he was allegedly… Read more »

West Africa: World Radio Day 2025 - Strengthen Press Freedom for Better Climate Advocacy

Globally, radio remains the most widely consumed media. It is the leading source of news and information in Africa where, per an April 2024 survey by Afrobarometer, 65% of Africans… Read more »

West Africa: SPPG Paints an Alarming Picture in 2024 Freedom of Expression in Guinea Report

On 4 February 2025, the Syndicat des Professionnels de la Presse de Guinée (SPPG) published its annual report on freedom of expression in the Republic of Guinea. Read more »

West Africa: Guinean Journalist Habib Marouane Camara Still Missing Two Months After His Disappearance

The Media Foundation for West Africa condemns the arbitrary arrest of journalist Habib Marouane Camara and calls for clarification from the Guinean authorities. Two months after… Read more »

West Africa: New Push for Digital Media and Online Freedom of Expression

On 2 January, 2025, an awareness-raising workshop on digital media and social networks was launched in the town of Atar as part of a new drive to promote digital media,… Read more »

West Africa: Benin's Media Regulator Suspends Six Media Outlets

On January 21, 2025, the media regulator in Benin, the High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) suspended two newspapers and four news websites, accusing them of… Read more »

West Africa: MFWA Condemns Football Fans' Attacks On Journalists in Ghana

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the attacks on the media and other acts of violence that resulted in the death of one football fan during a football… Read more »

Nigeria: Nasarawa State University Must Respect Students' Right to Free Expression

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has learnt with shock the expulsion by Nasarawa State University, Keffi, in Northern Nigeria of 37 students over a planned… Read more »

West Africa: Media Development Fund - Here's How a Lifeline to Ghana's Struggling Media Can Be Managed

In every election season, political parties present their manifestoes to electorates who will scrutinise them and vote for their preferred candidate. The manifesto is the… Read more »

West Africa: Threats From Illegal Miners Forced Me Into Exile - Ghanaian Environmental Journalist Narrates Ordeal

Ghanaian Environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor of the Multimedia Group has disclosed that he had to flee Ghana before the country's 2024 elections due to life-threatening… Read more »

West Africa: MFWA Urges Police to Arrest and Prosecute Assailants of Environmental Journalist

The MFWA deplores the brutal attack by illegal miners on Ohemeng Tawiah, assistant news editor of Accra-based Joy News, and urges the police to ensure justice for the victim. Read more »

Ghana: Six Years Into Ahmed Suale's Murder - President Mahama Has Every Impetus to Pursue His Killers

The Ghana government's failure to bring the slayers of investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein Suale Divela, to book, has dragged on for six years now - January 16th, 2025 marked… Read more »

West Africa: Guarantee the Safety of Journalist Thomas Dixon, MFWA Urges Sierra Leone IGP

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) joins the media fraternity in Sierra Leone to condemns the threats and intimidation against journalist Thomas Josephus Dixon, and urge… Read more »

West Africa: MFWA, Partners Urge Ghana Authorities to Keep the Internet On During December Elections

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and two other organisations have called on the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, to publicly commit to keeping the internet… Read more »

Ghana: MFWA Welcomes Ghana Electoral Commission's Decision to Consult On Election Accreditation

The Media Foundation for West Africa MFWA (MFWA) has read with relief the statement from the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana revoking its controversial restriction on media… Read more »

West Africa: WikkiTimes Publisher, Reporter, Face Criminal Charges Over Corruption Reporting

The Nigerian authorities should end the legal harassment of the WikkITimes and allow the newspaper to continue its work without any more distraction. Read more »

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 »