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Benin: Newspaper editor arrested after Minister’s online harrassment complaint

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 In Benin, journalist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper La Boussole, Cosme Hounsa, was arrested on the evening of July 15, 2025 by agents of...
BeninFreedom of Expression

Benin: Exiled journalist forcibly repatriated from Côte d’Ivoire to stand trial

BeninDigital Rights

Benin: Digital activist sentenced to two years imprisonment

BeninFreedom of Expression

Benin: MFWA welcomes reinstatement of Le Patriote and Benin Web TV

BeninFree Expression Violations

Benin Web TV suspended over reports scrutinising media regulator’s budget

BeninMedia Development

Benin updates media ethics code to address digital and AI challenges

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Call for Application: Story Production Grants

BeninFree Expression Violations

Benin: Journalist interrogated by police over article on ambassador’s dismissal

BeninFree Expression Violations

Benin’s media regulator suspends five media outlets

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45 journalists selected for DPI Journalism Fellowship Phase II

BeninGhanaNigeriaTogoMedia and Good Governance

Vacancy: Editors for Digital Public Infrastructure Journalism Fellowship

BeninFree Expression Violations

Benin: Three Daabaaru TV journalists convicted of false publication charges

BeninSafety of Journalists

Nigerian journalist arrested in Benin faces up to 20 years in jail

BeninFree Expression Violations

Media Regulator Shuts Down Press Group, Accuses it of Condoning Niger Coup

BeninFree Expression Violations

Benin’s digital code must be reviewed to protect freedom of expression online – MFWA

BeninSafety of Journalists

MFWA demands end to judicial harassment of Beninois journalist Virgile Ahouansè

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Call for Application: Climate Change Journalism Fellowship in West Africa

BeninSafety of Journalists

MFWA denounces conviction of journalists Patrice Gbaguidi and Hervé Alladé

BeninDigital Rights

Muzzling the press: how Talon’s regime is silencing the media and dissidents

BeninFree Expression Violations

MFWA Condemns Attack on Urban FM by Demonstrators

BeninMedia and Good Governance

Top 3 Issues Shaping the 2021 Presidential Election in Benin

BeninMedia Development

Beneficiary of MFWA’s Media Sustainability Support Ranks Top Online Media in Benin

BeninFreedom of Expression

Beninois Journalist Released from Detention Visits MFWA in Accra to Say “Thank You”

BeninSafety of Journalists

Beninois Journalist Released from Detention Visits MFWA in Accra to Say “Thank You”

BeninDigital Rights

Benin: Former Journalist  Jailed over Facebook Post Released  

BeninDigital Rights

Benin’s Online Media Come under Repressive Regulatory Audit

BeninSafety of Journalists

Investigative Journalist Ignace Sossou Released from Prison

BeninFree Expression and The Law

Benin: Jail Sentence for Journalist Reduced After Petition

BeninSafety of Journalists

MFWA, National Partners Petition ACHPR Special Rapporteur to Secure the Release of Beninois Journalist

BeninSafety of Journalists

MFWA, Seven Others Demand the Release of Jailed Beninois Journalist

BeninFree Expression Violations

MFWA, Seven Others Demand the Release of Jailed Beninois Journalist

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