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Guinea-Bissau government suspected of disrupting transmission of Portuguese channels
RTP África and RDP África disrupted just days after government accuses media outlets of downplaying Guinea-Bissau’s diplomatic achievements.
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MFWA and partners petition Guinea-Bissau President
The MFWA and media rights group in Guinea-Bissau express their serious concern over crippling licence fees, which will not only obliterate the broadcasting sector but will also undermine citizens’ right to information
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Media women in Guinea-Bissau facing complex challenges
Prevalence of sexual harassment in newsrooms across Guinea-Bissau harmful to media women’s mental and physical well-being.
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Guinea-Bissau radio station struggles to get back on air
Capital FM, a popular radio station in Guinea-Bissau, survived two armed attacks but is grappling to stay on air following the exorbitant hike in broadcasting fees imposed by the country’s regulator.
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Guinea-Bissau’s new media tariffs ignore operating economic environment
The hefty regulatory fees announced by the government towards the end of last year have the potential of decimating Guinea-Bissau’s already fragile media sector.
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Guinea-Bissau journalist goes into hiding
A piece carried by ‘Rádio Galáxia de Pindjiguiti’ on the disappearance of a large amount of drugs seized during an operation leads to police search for Tiano Badjana, the station’s acting director, which forces him to go into hiding.
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Radio silence spreading across parts of West Africa
In the last 5 months, around 133 broadcasters in Nigeria, Ghana and Guinea-Bissau have been taken off air, resulting from orders from authorities or due to non-payment of exorbitant license fees.
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MFWA and partners launch media support programme in Guinea-Bissau
A newly launched project seeks to strengthen the capacity of media actors in Guinea-Bissau to monitor and document violations of media and freedom of expression rights.
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West Africa: Disruption of media through physical attacks
Over the course of the last 5 months eight media houses in four countries have been attacked, in instances where 13 journalists and media workers have been assaulted and equipment destroyed.
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77 radio stations in Guinea-Bissau back on air
Following mediation by MFWA and its local Guinea-Bissau partners, 77 of the 79 radio stations shut down earlier in the month by authorities, were allowed to resume broadcasting.
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Media advocacy organisations request respite from Guinea-Bissau authorities
Together with their partners in Guinea-Bissau, the Media Foundation for West Africa engaged authorities to consider a negotiated payment plan for the radio stations forcibly taken off air.
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Forced radio silence in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau plunged into information blackout after 79 radio stations are shut down by government for not meeting an impossible deadline to renew licenses.
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Petitioning President of Guinea-Bissau to fight impunity
Several members of IFEX have joined rights-based organisations in petitioning Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló to improve the media freedom landscape, and thoroughly investigate serious media rights violations and ensure the prosecution of the perpetrators.
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Journalist in critical condition, two others injured, following attack on radio station
Guinea-Bissau journalist Maimuna Bari is currently in a coma, after sustaining spinal injuries following an attack on Rádio Capital FM by men in military uniform.