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Togo Attacks
Togo: Journalist Attacked for the Second Time in 12 Days
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 20, 2017.
Robert Avotor, a reporter with the L’Alternative newspaper in Togo, who was recently assaulted...
Cote d'IvoireGuineaNigeria Attacks
Press Freedom under Siege in West Africa: 30 Media Workers Arrested in 38 Days
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 20, 2017.
Press freedom has come under severe attack in West Africa as security agencies, particularly...
Benin Attacks
Benin: Police Disrupt Student Press Conference, Tear-Gas Them
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 18, 2017.
Police in Benin have used tear gas to disperse a group of university students...
Cote d'Ivoire Attacks
Cote d’Ivoire UPDATE: Six Detained Journalists Released
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 15, 2017.
Six journalists detained on February 12, 2017 for reporting on a recent mutiny by...
Democratic Republic Of CongoGhanaNigeriaSenegal Access To Information
“Radio is You”: Let Your Voice Be Heard – AFEX
On the occasion of this year’s World Radio Day, which is being celebrated under the theme “Radio is You,” members of the African Freedom...
Liberia Impunity
Liberia: Information Minister Apologises to a Reporter He Abused
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 10, 2017.
Liberia’s Information Minister, Eugene Lenn Nagbe, who abused Mrs. Estelle Liberty Kemoh, a reporter...
Togo Attacks
Togo: Gendarmes Attack Journalist, Force Him to Delete Pictures
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 8, 2017.
A journalist with the L’Alternative bi-weekly newspaper in Togo was assaulted in the line...
BeninGambiaNigeria Attacks
January in West Africa: New Dawn in Gambia, Massive Police Crackdown in Nigeria, Media Bans Lifted in Benin
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 7, 2017.
January 2017, witnessed a number of major press freedom and freedom of expression developments...
Guinea Attacks
Guinea: Hospital Authorities Seize Journalist’s Equipment, Hand Her over to the Police
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 6, 2017.
A reporter of Radio Lynx FM in Guinea was on February 1, 2017 arrested...
Liberia Attacks
Liberia: Information Minister Verbally Abuses Female Reporter
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 26, 2017.
Liberia’s Information Minister has molested a female journalist during a press conference in the...
Nigeria Access To Information
AFEX Urges Nigeria Police to Stop Harassing Journalists
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) calls on Nigeria’s Police to stop harassing journalists in the country following reports on freedom of expression...
Nigeria Attacks
Nigeria: Journalist Arrested, Forced to Delete Photographs
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on January 27, 2017.
In the morning of January 25, 2017, Ms Ujunwa Atueyi, a journalist with the...