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Ghana  Attacks

MFWA condemns attack on Radio Ada, demands prosecution of perpetrators

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) roundly condemns the attack on the Radio Ada (93.3 FM), a community radio station in the Greater...
Gambia  Access To Information

Gambia’s Journey to Access to Information Legislation, and the uncertain road ahead

On July 1, 2021, the National Assembly of The Gambia passed into law the Access of Information Bill.  The change of government in 2016...
Benin  Safety of Journalists

MFWA denounces conviction of journalists Patrice Gbaguidi, Hervé Alladé

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the release of Beninese journalist Patrice Gbaguidi and Hervé Alladé, owner of the media outlet Le Soleil...
Gambia  Free Expression and The Law

Freedom of expression in The Gambia: a quiet transition from the doldrums of notoriety to the doorsteps of celebrity

As the Gambia goes to the polls on December 4, 2021, the MFWA’s Senior Programme Officer for Freedom of Expression, Muheeb Saeed, throws light...
West Africa  Access To Information

Have ATI laws improved democratic governance and reduced corruption in West Africa? The evidence is humbling

Two-thirds of countries in West Africa have adopted Access to Information (ATI) laws. These laws are supposed to remove barriers to public access to information, improve...
Nigeria  Free Expression and The Law

MRA issues report accusing Buhari administration of breaking promise to ‘fully enforce FOI Act’

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has launched a new report which examines measures, policies and actions of the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration to implement the...
Nigeria  Attacks

IPC condemns the gruesome murder of OAP David Ekanem; calls for thorough investigation

The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos – Nigeria condemns the reported gruesome murder of David Ekanem, popularly known as ‘Itiat Zion’, a member of...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Another torrid October as #EndSARS one year memorials trigger a repeat of repression

Exactly one year after security forces unleashed deadly violence on protesters, killing a dozen on October 2020, the police in Nigeria have struck again,...
AfricaBurkina FasoDemocratic Republic Of CongoEthiopiaGhanaKenyaNigeriaSomalia  Attacks

11 journalists killed in Africa in less than nine months, AFEX demands a tough response from governments to end the impunity

For the past 273 days spanning January-September 2021, eleven journalists have been killed across sub-Sahara Africa in an orgy of repression that has scores...
Ghana  Digital Rights

Ghana: MFWA Welcomes High Court Ruling on Personal Data Collection by Government

A High Court in Ghana has ordered the state agency, National Communications Authority (NCA), to stop collecting personal information from mobile phone subscribers. The...
Ghana  Access To Information

Ghana: RTI Commission Quashes Exorbitant Fees by State Agency

Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) Commission has delivered what many consider as a milestone decision that signals the Commission’s commitment to ensure an effective...
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Press Freedom Situation in Africa- April- June 2021

Journalists killed, respectively in DRC, Somalia and Nigeria, Burkina Faso, including a social media activist in Ghana during the period of April-June 2021. This...
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