Media Development | Freedom of Expression Violations | The Media and COVID-19 in West Africa (April 6 – April 12, 2020) April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 This week the world began to see a glimmer of hope with the steady reductionin the number of COVID-19 infections…
Freedom of Expression Violations | Nigeria: IPC Flays Continuing Attacks on Journalists and the Media April 8, 2020April 27, 2020 The International Press Centre, Lagos has again decried the rising spate of assaults on journalists and the media by law…
Impunity | Freedom of Expression Violations | Seizure and Destruction of Journalists’ Digital Tools: The Data Privacy and Censorship Implications April 3, 2020April 9, 2020 The Media Foundation for West Africa’s (MFWA) monitoring of freedom of expression violations in West Africa has established a growing…
Freedom of Expression Violations | MISA Zimbabwe Condemns Arrest of Journalist Over Accreditation March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Senior journalist Kudzanai Musengi was arrested in Gweru Central Business District this morning in the course of his official duties….
Freedom of Expression Violations | MRA Condemns Attacks on Journalists Covering COVID-19, Calls on Government of Nigeria to Ensure Respect for Media Freedom March 30, 2020April 21, 2020 LAGOS, Monday, March 30, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the increasing cases of attacks by law enforcement and…
Freedom Of Assembly | Impunity | Freedom of Expression Violations | 42 Protesters Killed, Over Two Hundred Arrested in Nine Months: The Sad State of Human Rights in Guinea March 24, 2020April 14, 2020 Over the past nine months (June 2019 – March 2020), about 42 people have been killed, over one hundred arrested…
Impunity | Freedom of Expression Violations | Liberian Journalists March to Protest Attacks March 14, 2020March 30, 2020 Scores of journalists have marched through the Liberian capital Monrovia to denounce “brutal attacks” against journalists and media workers. The…
Free Expression and The Law | Freedom of Expression Violations | February 2020 in West Africa: Two Dead, Internet Disrupted and State Broadcaster Shutdown March 12, 2020March 18, 2020 The freedom of expression environment in West Africa in February 2020 saw little improvement on that of January with incidents…
Freedom of Expression Violations | Guinea Must Take Urgent Steps to End Bloodshed against Protesters February 21, 2020February 26, 2020 The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned about the increasing death toll from the serial protests that…
Impunity | Freedom of Expression Violations | Boko Haram Islamist Sect Leader Warns Journalists, Threatens Others February 20, 2020March 18, 2020 The Boko Haram Islamist sect leader,Abubakar Shekau, has warned journalists to be careful about their reporting of the sect’s activities…
Freedom of Expression Violations | Two Journalists Attacked During Polls as Election Coverage Turns Dangerous for Nigeria’s Media February 13, 2020February 26, 2020 In what is turning out to be a disturbing trend at the polls, two journalists who were covering the rerun…
Freedom of Expression Violations | Zimbabwe Police Harass Journalist January 28, 2020February 26, 2020 Freelance journalist Nyasha Majoni was on 27 January 2020 reportedly manhandled by police in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe who accused him of…