How Sierra Leone is Hiding Behind the Fight Against Cybercrime to Abuse Digital Rights
The Sierra Leonean government has introduced a Cyber Crime Bill (2020) in what it claims to be an attempt to tackle cybercrime and boost…
Digital Rights
The Footprints of MFWA Across West Africa in the Year When it was Risky to Step Foot Outside
The indelible memories of the year 2020 can never be lost in history giving the havoc that the outbreak of COVID-19 has caused across…
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West Africa || Digital Rights ||
International Women’s Day 2021: MFWA Challenges Governments to Address Women’s Rights Online Issues
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) celebrates women in Ghana and across the West Africa region for the gallant roles they continue to…
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West Africa || Digital Rights ||
Reducing the Gender Digital Inequality in West Africa – Here’s How We Are Responding
In a number of West African countries, gender inequality in access and use of the internet is quite alarming. In Mali, Niger and Burkina…
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Burkina Faso || Digital Rights ||
Electioneering Campaigns in Burkina Faso amid the COVID-19: Social Media to the Rescue
13 candidates are contesting the presidential elections of November 22, 2020 in Burkina Faso. The electoral campaigns have been conducted on the ground, but…
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Ghana || Liberia || Sierra Leone || Digital Rights ||
MFWA Builds the Capacity of 200 Women Journalists, Bloggers, Activists in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia
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…
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Senegal || Access To Information || Digital Rights ||
Senegalese Football Federation Refuses Accreditation to Online Media
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), condemns the denial of accreditation to Senegalese online media by the authorities of the Senegalese Football Federation…
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Benin || Digital Rights || Safety of Journalists ||
Benin: Former Journalist Jailed over Facebook Post Released
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the release of Aziz Imorou, a former journalist after being detained for 19 days on cyber…
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Nigeria || Digital Rights || Safety of Journalists ||
How Critical Online Journalism, Social Media Activism Became Crimes in Nigeria
On February 13, 2020, Agba Jalingo, the publisher of the online newspaper Cross River Watch, regained tentative freedom after a Federal High Court in…
Mauritania Passes Law on False Publication Amidst Crackdown on Online Dissent
Authorities in Mauritania have arrested a journalist, an opposition politician and number of citizens in a recent clampdown on freedom of expression online that…
Journalist Freed after 47 Days in detention over Facebook Post
MFWA welcomes the release of Samira Sabou, the journalist and activist in Niger who was arrested and detained over her Facebook post on alleged…
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Benin || Digital Rights ||
Benin’s Online Media Come under Repressive Regulatory Audit
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…