Media Ethics: Readers’ Comment Section on Websites Becoming Platforms for Grave Obscenity and Insults
From August 16 to 31, 2020, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) monitored ethical violations on 26 news organisations made up of 10…
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Ghana: MFWA Trains Information Officers, Coordinating Directors on RTI Law
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) will from October 2020 commence a series of trainings for Information Officers, Public Relation Officers and District…
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Access to Information Appalling Despite RTI Law- RTI Coalition
An exercise commissioned by the Right to Information Coalition to access information from public institutions in Ghana revealed an unsatisfactory compliance from institutions. The…
Media Ethics: Programmes on Hot FM and Pro-NDC Power FM Top Violations
Morning show and political talk show programmes on Hot FM and Pro-NDC Power FM have emerged with the highest incidence of media ethics violations…
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Exposing Ghana’s NCA’s Deception and Discrimination in the Closure of Radio Stations
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has reiterated a determination to continue the struggle to access information from the National Communication Authority (NCA)…
Abusive Language on Radio in August: NPP’s Wontumi Tops All
The August edition of the Media Foundation for West Africa’s (MFWA) Language monitoring on Radio has cited the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling…
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Public Access to Information: Exposing the Deception by Ghana’s Communications Authority – Part 2
It has been 51 days since the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) formally wrote to the National Communications Authority (NCA) to request for…
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Public Access to Information: Exposing the Deception by Ghana’s National Communications Authority – Part 1
On July 22, 2020, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) filed an Access to Information request to the National Communications Authority (NCA), the…
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Public Access to Information: Exposing the Deception by Ghana’s National Communications Authority – Part 1
On July 22, 2020, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) filed an Access to Information request to the National Communications Authority (NCA), the…
Ghana: MFWA Condemns John Mahama’s Endorsement of Ethnocentric Comments
The Media Foundation for West Africa condemns the ethnocentric comments made by some bigwigs of the major opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC)….
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Ghana’s Election 2020: Asiedu Nketia, John Boadu Cited for Indecent Language Use on Radio
The July edition of the Media Foundation for West Africa’s (MFWA) Elections Campaign Language monitoring has cited National Executives of the two major political…
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Media Ethics: Decency, Accuracy are the Most Violated Principles
The principle of Decency is the most violated ethic among 26 media organisations that were monitored for ethical violations for the period of July…