Guinea Bissau Authorities Must Reopen FM Stations
On November 24, 2019, people in Guinea Bissau voted to elect a new President. Twelve presidential candidates were listed, including the incumbent President José…
On November 24, 2019, people in Guinea Bissau voted to elect a new President. Twelve presidential candidates were listed, including the incumbent President José…
The Right to Information (RTI) Bill, first drafted in 1999, was proposed to promote transparency and fight corruption. Five administrations and 20 years later,…
Ghana is the latest in West Africa to pass the Right to Information (RTI) Law after more than a decade-long advocacy from activists who…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) cautiously welcomes the passing of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law by the Parliament of…
The Right to Information (RTI) Bill was first laid before the Ghanaian Parliament on February 5, 2010 and has since fallen victim to foot-dragging…
The conduct of the NPP government in relation to the Right to Information (RTI) Bill has been extremely disappointing and deeply embarrassing. This is…
The MFWA on Friday November 30, 2018 joined other member organisations of the Ghana RTI Coalition to observe a day of protest over Parliament’s…
Civil Society Organisations, including the Media Foundation for West Africa, and Media Coalition on Right to Information (RTI) in Ghana have declared every Friday…
On the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information which is being marked across the world today (September 28), the Media…
The high expectations of millions of Ghanaians that the long-awaited Right to Information Bill (RTI) could be passed before Parliament goes on recess this…
By Adizatu Moro Maiga, Programme Officer, Media Foundation for West Africa In 2015, Burkina Faso became the 7th country in West Africa and…
For the second time in two years, Members of Parliament (MPs) in Ghana on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 began the consideration of the Right…