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Journalist Sacked over Suspected Coronavirus Infection, Another Sacked Over Coronavirus Report

Two journalists (from Senegal and Nigeria) have been sacked from their media outlets over coronavirus-related issues. In Senegal, a journalist with Le Soleil newspaper, Fatou...
Gambia  Safety of Journalists

GPU Re-Echoes Call for Journalism Without Fear or Favour

Banjul, May 03: Today marks the 27th edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). May 3rd has been set aside by the United Nations...
Nigeria  Safety of Journalists

Stakeholders Must Promote and Protect the Safety of Journalists in Nigeria-IMS

The Institute for Media and Society (IMS) in Nigeria is delighted to join the rest of the world in celebrating the World Press Freedom...
Gambia 

GPU Re-Echoes Call for Journalism Without Fear or Favour

Banjul, May 03: Today marks the 27th edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). May 3rd has been set aside by the United Nations...
Togo 

Police Abuse Journalists for Covering Arrest of Opposition Presidential Candidate

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the use of tear gas by Togolese security officers to disperse a group of journalists who...
Liberia 

Liberian Government Threaten to Shutdown Media Outlets

Media institutions in Liberia risk closure and confiscation of their equipment for what the Liberian government described as spreading “misinformation and “disinformation”. The threat by...
Nigeria  Impunity

MRA, IPC Petition Code of Conduct Bureau over Violation of Journalists Rights, Seek Removal of Ebonyi State Governor from Office for Abuse of Office

Two Lagos-based media support organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC), have petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) asking...
Nigeria 

MRA, IPC Petition Code of Conduct Bureau over Violation of Journalists Rights, Seek Removal of Ebonyi State Governor from Office for Abuse of Office

Two Lagos-based media support organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC), have petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) asking...
West Africa  Freedom of Expression Violations

The Media and COVID-19 in West Africa (April 6 – April 12, 2020)

This week the world began to see a glimmer of hope with the steady reductionin the number of COVID-19 infections in the worst hit...
Ghana 

MFWA Condemns Assault on Manager of Zuria FM, Demands Accountability

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the wanton attack on Yussif Abdul Ganiyu, General Manager of Kumasi-based Zuria FM over his...
Niger 

Journalist Sentenced for False Publication On COVID-19

A journalist in Niamey, Kaka Touda Mamane Goni, has been handed a three-month suspended sentence after a judge found him guilty of publishing false...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

Nigeria: IPC Flays Continuing Attacks on Journalists and the Media

The International Press Centre, Lagos has again decried the rising spate of assaults on journalists and the media by law enforcement and security agents...
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