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Guinea Bissau Censorship
Guinea Bissau: Director of News at State Broadcaster Sacked for Defying Censorship Order
The statement was originally published by mfwa.org on July 15, 2016.
The Director of News at the state radio broadcaster in Guinea Bissau, Radiodifusao Nationale...
Guinea Attacks
Guinea: Presidential Guards Beat up Reporter, Destroy his Equipment
This statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 29, 2016.
Abdoul Malick Diallo, a reporter with the private weekly Le Populaire in Guinea was...
Nigeria Attacks
Nigeria: Prison Official Assaults Journalists
This statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 29, 2016.
On June 28, 2016, a prison official, A. A. Teriba, assaulted some journalists who...
Guinea Attacks
Guinea: Radio Host, Caller Sentenced for Remarks about President
The statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 26, 2016.
The host of a popular radio programme on Milo FM in Guinea, Bouya Kebé,...
Nigeria Attacks
Nigeria: Militants Attack Radio Station
The statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 26, 2016.
On June 23, 2016, individuals suspected to be Niger-Delta militants armed with guns and...
Ghana Attacks
Ghana: MFWA Condemns Threat Against Journalist by DCE
The statement was originally published by mfwa.org on June 15, 2016.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has learnt with dismay, reports that the...
Gambia Access To Information
Two Years On: Gambia Yet to Comply With ECOWAS Court ruling on Murder of Deyda Hydara
Today June 10, 2016, marks two years after the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice found that the Gambian government failed to conduct a proper...
Mauritania Attacks
Mauritania: State Broadcaster Dismisses Newscaster for Mispronouncing First Lady’s Name
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on May 31, 2016.
On May 26, 2016, a Mauritanian journalist was summarily dismissed from his post for...
Liberia Access To Information
West African Journalists Call For Isolation of Gambian President
Monrovia - The West African Journalists Association (WAJA) has declared the Gambia as the most hostile environment for journalists in the sub-region, as it...
Gambia Attacks
Detained Gambian Journalist Disappears
The statement was originally published on mfwa.org on April 22, 2016.
Information reaching the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) indicates that detained journalist Alhagie...
Benin Free Expression and The Law
Benin: Newly Elected President Needs to Prioritise Freedom of Expression in the Country
This dossier was originally issued by the mfwa.org on April 8, 2016.
On March 20, 2016 the people of Benin elected businessman, Mr. Patrice Talon,...
Ghana Attacks
Ghana: Danish Journalists Harassed, Equipment Seized by Security Forces
This statement was originally issued by the mfwa.org on April 14, 2016.
On April 10, 2016 security forces stationed at Saaman, a mining community in...