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      Sierra Leone || Free Expression Violations ||

    Beaten by Soldiers, Arraigned for Assault; the Sad Case of Sierra Leonean Journalist Fayia Amara Fayia

    November 21, 2020

    On November 19, 2020, Fayia Amara Fayia, an investigative journalist with the Standard Times newspaper, appeared in court for the tenth time to respond to…

      Ghana || Access To Information ||

    Public Access to Information: Exposing the Deception by Ghana’s Communications Authority – Part 2

    September 14, 2020

    It has been 51 days since the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) formally wrote to the National Communications Authority (NCA) to request for…

      Ghana || Access To Information ||

    Public Access to Information: Exposing the Deception by Ghana’s National Communications Authority – Part 1

    September 10, 2020

    On July 22, 2020, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) filed an Access to Information request to the National Communications Authority (NCA), the…

      Ghana || Liberia || Sierra Leone || Safety of Journalists ||

    MFWA to Provide Support for Legal Defence for Journalists

    August 22, 2020

    The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has set up a Fund to support journalists who will require media defence. While the gradual democratisation…

      Benin || Free Expression and The Law ||

    Regulator Shuts Down Pro-Opposition Radio Station

    December 21, 2019

    The media regulator in Benin, Haute Autorite de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (HAAC) has closed down a private radio station owned by a…

      Nigeria || Free Expression Violations ||

    Dangerous Precedent as Security Service Operatives Storm Courtroom to Re-Arrest Activist after His Release

    December 7, 2019

    The Media Foundation for West Africa, (MFWA) considers as a dangerous precedent the storming of a courtroom by officers of the Department of State…

      Guinea || Free Expression Violations || Freedom Of Assembly ||

    MFWA Alarmed at Attacks on Journalists Covering Recent Demonstrations in Guinea

    November 15, 2019

    The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned about violence perpetrated against journalists covering recent demonstrations in Guinea and urge state security…

      Guinea || Free Expression Violations ||

    Media Regulator Withdraws Licences of Two Radio Stations

    October 30, 2019

    The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has learnt with great concern the closure of two radio stations by the Haute Autorité de la…

      Guinea || Free Expression Violations ||

    Civil Society Leaders Jailed for Organising Demonstrations

    October 23, 2019

    On October 22, 2019, a court in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, sentenced five civil society leaders to between six months and one-year jail terms, in…

      Guinea || Free Expression Violations ||

    MFWA Calls on Guinea Authorities to Restore Accreditation of Al Jazeera Reporters

    October 18, 2019

    The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) considers the detention of two Al Jazeera journalists and the withdrawal of their accreditation as an attack…

      Guinea || Freedom Of Assembly ||

    Police Arrest 13 Civil Society Leaders Ahead of Planned Demonstration

    October 13, 2019

    Ahead of a demonstration organised by the Front National pour la Defence de la Constitution (FNDC), police officers in Guinea have arrested over a…

      Nigeria || Free Expression Violations ||

    Journalist Detained over Complaint by Former Member of Parliament

    August 1, 2019

    The police in Nigeria have detained the Chief Editor of the Order Paper, following a criminal complaint lodged by an influential politician over an…

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