In a number of West African countries, gender inequality in access and use of the internet is quite alarming. In Mali, Niger and Burkina…
13 candidates are contesting the presidential elections of November 22, 2020 in Burkina Faso. The electoral campaigns have been conducted on the ground, but…
As the internet ecosystem in Ghana continues to expand, it offers potential for deepening the country’s democratic culture, and through that, accelerate its socio-economic…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), condemns the denial of accreditation to Senegalese online media by the authorities of the Senegalese Football Federation…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the release of Aziz Imorou, a former journalist after being detained for 19 days on cyber…
On February 13, 2020, Agba Jalingo, the publisher of the online newspaper Cross River Watch, regained tentative freedom after a Federal High Court in…
Authorities in Mauritania have arrested a journalist, an opposition politician and number of citizens in a recent clampdown on freedom of expression online that…
MFWA welcomes the release of Samira Sabou, the journalist and activist in Niger who was arrested and detained over her Facebook post on alleged…
In what is feared to be an exercise that would further weaken an already distressed media sector, Benin’s media regulator, Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuelle…
The Police in Niamey have arrested and detained an investigative journalist, Ali Soumana, after he posted an article on social media about a case…
The authorities in Niger have detained journalist Samira Sabou in connection with her Facebook publication alleging corruption in the procurement of equipment for Niger’s…
Police in Monrovia on May 12, 2020 disrupted a live Facebook broadcast and seized equipment belonging to the editor of local daily and online…
