April 30
West Africa: Workers' Day 2025 - MFWA Calls for Urgent Action to Address Economic Challenges Facing Journalists
As West Africa marks Workers' Day 2025 under the theme "Striving for Peace and Stability to Drive Industrialisation, Trade, and Decent Work for Social Justice", the Media… Read more »
April 25
West Africa: Senegal - 381 Media Outlets to Be Suspended
On April 22, 2025, Senegal's Minister of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Media, Alioune Sall, signed a decree ordering the immediate suspension of broadcasting,… Read more »
April 20
West Africa: MFWA Condemns Unjust Detention of Journalist Abdou Nguer, Demands His Release
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the wrongful detention of journalist and SEN TV columnist, Abdou Nguer, by the Research Section of Senegal's Colobane Police… Read more »
April 19
West Africa: Political Party Executive Attacks Media Equipment, Censors Party Communicators, Threatens Journalists
The third Vice-President of the major opposition party in Ghana (the New Patriotic Party), Alhaji Masawudu Osman, has publicly attacked the Accra-based TV3 television station at a… Read more »
April 15
West Africa: MFWA Backs UN Resolution On Digital Threats, Calls for West African Dialogue
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the adoption by consensus of the landmark UN Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/58/L.27/Rev.1 on Human Rights Defenders and… Read more »
April 14
West Africa: Political Party Communicator Apologises and Retracts Drug Trafficking Allegation Against MP
Lawuratu Musah-Saaka, a member of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) communication team, has publicly apologised for making false claims against the Member of Parliament (MP) for… Read more »
April 10
West Africa: MFWA Condemns Arrest of Malian Journalist Alfousseini Togo
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the arrest of Alfouseyni Togo, editor of the Canard de la Venise newspaper. Togo was remanded in custody on April 9th… Read more »
West Africa: MP Sues Metro TV, Party Communicator for Over U.S.$600,000
The Member of Parliament for Sekondi in Ghana's Western Region, Blay Nyameke Armah, has filed a defamation suit against Accra-based Metro TV, its owners Ignite Media and the… Read more »
West Africa: Ghana's National Security Secretariat Interrogates Newspaper Editor Over 'Leaked' Document Story
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is concerned about the three-hour interrogation of Prosper Agbenyegah, Editor of Current Issues newspaper, by Ghana's National Security… Read more »
April 09
West Africa: Activist Alou Badra Sacko Abducted After Opposing Mobile Money Tax
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned about the abduction of Malian activist Alou Badra Sacko, recently appointed president of the movement Touche pas… Read more »
West Africa: Authorities Release Two Land Dispossession Activists and 18 Protesters
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the release of Vincent Djiropo, Dominique Mensah, and 18 other community members. We urge the Ivorian authorities to drop all… Read more »
April 04
West Africa: Journalist Detained, Questioned to Disclose Source of Information
A broadcast journalist with a Kumasi-based television station, Wontumi TV, has been detained and interrogated by operatives of the Office of the Special Prosecutor in Ghana to… Read more »
West Africa: Missing Journalists Reappear Wearing Military Uniforms in Viral Video
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is alarmed by the reappearance of three Burkinabè journalists--Guezouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem--in a viral… Read more »
March 27
West Africa: BF1 TV Fined, Journalist Missing Amid Media Crackdown From Authorities
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is extremely concerned about the 500,000 FCFA (USD 843) fine imposed on BF1 Television by Burkina Faso's media regulator, the Conseil… Read more »
March 26
West Africa: Journalist Arrested After Reporting On Journalists Association's Congress
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the arrest of journalist Luc Pagbelguem of the privately owned television station BF1, and calls on the authorities to… Read more »
March 25
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 »
March 20
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 »
March 16
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 »
March 13
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 »
March 12
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 »
March 07
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 »
February 28
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 »
February 26
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 »
February 13
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 »