Ahead of the worldwide observance of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2, 2018, the MFWA, as part…
The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/68/163 in 2013 to proclaim November 2 each year as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes…
The Media Foundation for West Africa MFWA has learnt with dismay the attack on four journalists and a driver by vigilantes of the New…
BTA FM, a radio station located in the city of Labe, 450 km north of the Guinean capital Conakry, has been shut down for…
Exactly a month ago, the MFWA held West Africa’s biggest Journalism Event – #WAMECA2017. Did you miss out? Here are highlights of the event.
Within a period of eight months (April – November, 2017), four journalists have been shot dead by unidentified attackers in Nigeria. The latest incident…
President Alpha Conde has threatened to shut down any media organisation which provides coverage for the activities of Aboubacar Soumah, a leading member of…
In the third of such tragic incident in Nigeria since the beginning of 2017, unknown gunmen shot and killed a journalist working with the…
Police in Mauritania have physically assaulted journalists covering a demonstration in the capital, Nouakchott and arrested three of them. Ahmed Ould Moustapha of Alakhbar …
As part of efforts to seek justice for victims of abuse under the Jammeh administration, the MFWA and the Gambia Press Union are facilitating…
Gendarmes have stormed the premises of Radio Gangan in Conakry and arrested three of its management personnel, while the station’s transmission has been scrambled…
Forty young and vibrant community citizens from four Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana have received training on how to actively participate…
