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Nigeria: IPC Condemns Attacks On Journalists
For immediate release: Wednesday June 1st, 2022: The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria today (Wednesday June 1, 2022) expressed concern over the renewed wave of...
Nigeria
WPFD 2022: MRA Calls on Government to Create Safe and Conducive Environment for Journalism Practice in Nigeria
Lagos, Tuesday, May 3, 2022: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on governments at all levels in Nigeria to take urgent measures to create...
Liberia Access To Information
WPFD 2022: CEMESP Calls for Improved Media Safety Environment in Liberia
Monrovia, May 2, 2022: As the world celebrate Word Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2022, the Center for Media Studies and Peace Building...
Nigeria
Nigeria: MRA Calls on Government to Investigate Attempted Abduction of Journalist
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on April 4, 2022, called on the Federal Government and its relevant law enforcement and security agencies to investigate the...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Nigeria: Armed Men Raid Radio Station
At about 6.20 am on April 10, 2022, three armed men, suspected to be robbers stormed the premises of a private radio station, Fresh...
Togo Digital Rights
Togo Struggles with a digital ID while actively surveilling citizens
For four years Togo has been inching towards issuing a digital identity (ID) card. While there are indications that 2022 may be the year...
West Africa Access To Information
West Africa: Increase in FOE violations in last quarter of 2021
Despite the fact that the recent military takeovers are yet to negatively impact the press freedom landscape as feared, West Africa recorded more than...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Nigeria: IPC decries attacks on Journalists; Calls for immediate investigations
The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria is concerned about the recent attacks on two Abuja based journalists of Punch Newspapers; Amarachi Orjiude and Solomon...
Gambia
GPU Calls for Gender Equality in Gambian Media
PRESS STATEMENT: Fajara, March 8, 2022 - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) joins the world to mark this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD 2022)...
Guinea Bissau Impunity
MFWA, 15 other press freedom organisations petition President of Guinea Bissau to fight impunity
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and its partner press freedom organisations from fifteen West African countries have petitioned President Umaro Sissoco Embalo...
Ghana Attacks
Radio presenter risks losing hearing after brutal police assault
A group of police officers on February 3, 2022, brutally assaulted Eric Nana Gyetuah, a radio presenter with Connect FM based in Takoradi, capital...
Nigeria
The Economic and Political Effects of Twitter Ban in Nigeria
On June 5, 2021, the Nigerian government shut down the social media platform Twitter. Despite several condemnations from regional and global organisations, the Nigerian...