In what constitutes a victory for press freedom, La Nouvelle Tribune, a private newspaper in Benin, has won an appeal against a ban imposed…
Guinea’s Minister of Justice, Check Sako, has admitted that the outcome of the trial in the case of journalist Elhadj Mohamed Koula Diallo, who…
Over a period of two weeks (April 18 and May 2, 2019), two protesters have been killed, the internet has been shut down, and…
Supporters of the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) have physically assaulted Amira Tatayea Bangura, a reporter of Sierra Express Media, and deleted evidence…
A group believed to be supporters of Guinea’s ruling coalition dubbed Alliance Arc-en Ciel has attacked two journalists covering a protest march in the…
May 3, 2019 is World Press Freedom Day. In Ghana, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in partnership with the Ghana Journalists Association…
Liberia’s Minster of State for Presidential Affairs, Nathaniel McGill, has sued talk show host Henry Costa demanding US$500,000 in damages and the shutdown…
Eight people were killed in a series of brutal crackdowns on demonstrators in four countries in West Africa where a total of 152 freedom…
Five journalists and two bloggers were detained in five incidents in the turbulent month of March 2019, which also saw four journalists assaulted in…
Lansana Camara, the editor of the news portal conakrylive.info, has been released after spending eight days in detention over defamation charges. The journalist was…
A controversial policy to subject journalists covering the Presidency to intensive security screening has been withdrawn following a backlash from the media. In a…
The MFWA condemns the attack on journalists and other staff of Dero FM by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service in Nkoranza in…
