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Gambia  Access To Information

Veteran Press Freedom Fighter Appointed Minister of Information

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on February 21, 2017. The recently elected Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has appointed renowned media freedom advocate and...
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...
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