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…
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…
Three freedom of expression violations were recorded in Nigeria and Benin in a relatively quiet December 2019 in West Africa, where two journalists were…
Three freedom of expression violations were recorded in Nigeria and Benin in a relatively quiet December 2019 in West Africa, where two journalists were…
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)…
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF), a national alliance of media and civil society organisations, today condemned the reckless display of…
The Media Foundation for West Africa, (MFWA) considers as a dangerous precedent the storming of a courtroom by officers of the Department of State…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the order given by the Supreme Court in Guinea on November 28, 2019 for the reopening…
Guinea dominated the headlines in October 2019 for the wrong reasons as the resumption of protests against President Alpha Conde’s bid to seek a…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is concerned about the series of press freedom violations recorded during recent State Governors’ elections in some…
In what is increasingly pushing Nigeria to military-era levels of repression, the security agencies have over the past four months unleashed terror on protesters…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned about violence perpetrated against journalists covering recent demonstrations in Guinea and urge state security…
On November 9, 2019, some thugs suspected to be henchmen of the Government of Edo State in Nigeria, brutalised anti-government protesters and at least…