Journalist Arrested, Placed Under Judicial Control over Sex Tape Story
The Rambo-style arrest of Alpha Oumar Diallo, administrator of the online newspaper “Verite224” and the continuing harassment and intimidation of the journalist is a…
Free Expression and The Law
Mixed FOE Results in West Africa: 3 Violations, 2 Redress Actions Recorded in December 2019
Three freedom of expression violations were recorded in Nigeria and Benin in a relatively quiet December 2019 in West Africa, where two journalists were…
Mixed FOE Results in West Africa: 3 Violations, 2 Redress Actions Recorded in December 2019
Three freedom of expression violations were recorded in Nigeria and Benin in a relatively quiet December 2019 in West Africa, where two journalists were…
Journalist Jailed 18 Months for “Misquoting” Public Prosecutor on Social Media
A court in Benin has sentenced an investigative journalist to 18 months in prison and a fine of CFA francs 200,000 (about US$ 400)…
Regulator Shuts Down Pro-Opposition Radio Station
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…
Four Demonstrators Killed, Serial Attacks on Journalists in November 2019
Guinea’s unrelenting attacks against demonstrators in November 2019 resulted in four fatalities, while Nigeria continued on its downward spiral with a series of freedom…
MFWA Exclusive: Journalist Attacked By Staunch Ruling Party Supporter Speaks
What began as a flagrant attack against a Ghanaian journalist has now led to a court order demanding that the assailant pay GH¢9,000 (USD$1,600)…
Court of Appeal Releases Jailed Civil Society Activists
A Court of Appeal in Conakry on November 28, 2019, conditionally released ten members of the political pressure group, Front National pour la Defense…
FOE Landscape in September 2019: Attacks on Journalists Eclipse Sierra Leone’s Move to Repeal Criminal Libel
A series of physical attacks against journalists have eclipsed Cabinet approval of a draft legislation to repeal criminal libel in Sierra Leone. It is a…
“Enough of the Judicial Harassment of Journalists!” Guinea’s Media Protests
Private radio stations in Guinea on 29 August 2019, made a two-hour synergy broadcast to denounce recent intimidation and abuse of journalists by the…
Serial Defamation Suits: Evidence of Growing Media Unprofessionalism or Intolerance of Critical Scrutiny?
In this piece, Muheeb Saeed, programme officer, and Edzodzi Kokou Ahiadou, programme associate, both with our Freedom of Expression programme, assess a sequence of…
GPU, Civil Society Coalition Present Draft Freedom of Information Bill to Minister for Justice
The Gambian Press Union together with the Gambian Civil Society Coalition on Freedom of Information on Monday June 24, handed over a draft Freedom…