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GPU Calls for Gender Equality in Gambian Media
PRESS STATEMENT: Fajara, March 8, 2022 - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) joins the world to mark this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD 2022)...
Guinea Bissau Impunity
MFWA, 15 other press freedom organisations petition President of Guinea Bissau to fight impunity
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and its partner press freedom organisations from fifteen West African countries have petitioned President Umaro Sissoco Embalo...
Ghana Attacks
Radio presenter risks losing hearing after brutal police assault
A group of police officers on February 3, 2022, brutally assaulted Eric Nana Gyetuah, a radio presenter with Connect FM based in Takoradi, capital...
Nigeria
The Economic and Political Effects of Twitter Ban in Nigeria
On June 5, 2021, the Nigerian government shut down the social media platform Twitter. Despite several condemnations from regional and global organisations, the Nigerian...
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,...