A High Court in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has found a powerful ruling party Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, guilty of defaming renowned Ghanaian…
A Magistrate’s Court in Faranah, Guinea, has found a teacher guilty of inciting a mob attack on Facely Kalman Keïta, a correspondent for the…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns reported threats on Empire FM reporter, Emmanuel Ohene Gyan for reporting the COVID-19 related death of…
Seventy-two press freedom organisations across the world have jointly condemned attacks on journalists covering the ongoing protests in the United States to demand racial…
The International Press Centre condemns the unlawful detention of Tega Oghenedoro, Editor- in-Chief of Secret reporters by the Department of State Services in Asaba,…
The International Press Centre, IPC, is extremely concerned over the increase in the number of incidents of abductions of journalists and media professionals as…
The world today is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic and West Africa is no exception. In the fight against this pandemic, the media plays…
Nigeria’s State Security Services (SSS) in Akwa Ibom State has released Kufre Carter, after initially disregarding a court order to free the journalist on…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the release of blogger Mommeu Ould Bouzouma and urges the Mauritanian authorities to drop all charges…
In times of crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the media, and in effect journalists, are a lifeline for citizens. They serve as critical…
A journalist who had gone to a prison facility in Abidjan to interview a warden about allegations of extortion of prisoners by one of…
In a rather bizarre incident, a Magistrate Court in Utako, Abuja, on April 28, 2020, sentenced Emma Bricks Oko, publisher of the online magazine…
