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 Violations
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)…
IPC, Other Press Freedom Organisations Condemn Assault on Judiciary, Journalist Sowore’s Re-Arrest by Security
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF), a national alliance of media and civil society organisations, today condemned the reckless display of…
Dangerous Precedent as Security Service Operatives Storm Courtroom to Re-Arrest Activist after His Release
The Media Foundation for West Africa, (MFWA) considers as a dangerous precedent the storming of a courtroom by officers of the Department of State…
MFWA Welcomes Court Order to Reopen Radio Stations
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’s Bloody Crackdown Stains West Africa’s FOE Landscape in October 2019
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…
MFWA Condemns Press Freedom Violations During Recent Elections in Nigeria
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is concerned about the series of press freedom violations recorded during recent State Governors’ elections in some…
MFWA Alarmed at Ongoing Spate of Violent Attacks on Protesters, Journalists in Nigeria
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…
MFWA Alarmed at Attacks on Journalists Covering Recent Demonstrations in Guinea
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned about violence perpetrated against journalists covering recent demonstrations in Guinea and urge state security…
Suspected Government Thugs Brutalise Demonstrators, Journalist
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…