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Nigeria: Judge Directs NGOs to put National Assembly ‘On Notice’ Over Anti-Social Media Bill
Originally issued by MRA on March 24, 2016
A Federal High Court in Lagos has directed that the National Assembly be “put on notice” before...
Ghana Access To Information
Issues not Insults: Language Monitoring Campaign Launched ahead of Ghana’s Elections
Issued by the MFWA on March 1, 2016.
As Ghana’s 2016 elections draw closer and campaigning intensifies, political tensions are fast building up. Insults and...
Gambia Attacks
MFWA, 36 Others Petition African Commission for Release of Detained Gambian Journalist
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and 36 other freedom of expression organisations in Africa and across the globe have petitioned the African...
Ghana Attacks
MFWA’s Partner in Mali Mobilises Media to Search for Missing Journalist
The national partner of MFWA in Mali, la Maison de la Presse (MP) has mobilised the media in the country to work towards unraveling...
Ghana Uncategorized
Ghana: Capacity of MFWA Staff Built on AFEX Network
Staff members of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) have received capacity building on the work of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange...
NigeriaUganda Access To Information
UN, AU and civil society seek to intervene in Criminal Defamation case of a journalist.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Prof David Kaye; the Special...
Ghana Access To Information
Media must fight against corruption, not just report on it – MFWA
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply worried that the overwhelming majority of the media in West Africa and specifically Ghana concentrate...
Liberia Access To Information
Liberia: Cemesp Launches Report On Media Performance
The Center for Media Studies & Peace Building or CEMESP, in collaboration with the Press Union of Liberia has released a report on media...
Gambia Attacks
Gambia: Authorities revoke permission for Al Jazeera staff, threaten them with arrests
A team of Al Jazeera journalists that went to Banjul to film and report on human-interest stories have been prevented from carrying out their...
Ghana Access To Information
Empowering Citizens to Access Information: Transitional Countries Doing Better than Ghana
Several transitional countries in the West Africa region are doing better than Ghana in terms of demonstrating stronger commitment to transparent governance.
A number of...
Nigeria Attacks
MRA Condemns Arrest and Detention of Journalist, Calls for his Unconditional Release
LAGOS: Monday, August 31, 2015: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the arrest and continued detention of Nigeria-based Cameroonian journalist, Simon Ateba, by the...
Guinea Attacks
Guinea: Journalist reported missing
Cherif Diallo, a reporter of Espace TV, a privately-owned satellite television station in Guinea, has been reported missing.
Managers of Espace TV say Diallo was...