Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)

Journalist Jallah Grayfield, Station Manager and News Director of the Love Media Incorporated was summarily dismissed. The management stated in the dismissal letter dated December 17th 2013 that he had committed “gross insubordination”, but he says that his criticism of labour practices contributed to his dismissal.

Representatives of freedom of expression organisations in Africa that are members of IFEX met in Accra, Ghana, on 9 and 10 December 2013 to develop a framework for regional networking in Africa.

Rodney Sieh, publisher of FrontPage Africa, was released from prison on 8 November 2013 after being in and out of prison for months. Former agriculture minister Dr. Chris Toe has indicated that he has considered dropping the US $1.5 million charge against Sieh.

FrontPage Africa publisher Rodney Sieh is back in prison after the Supreme Court challenged the Justice Minister’s decision to grant Sieh a 30-day compassionate release.

Rodney Sieh, publisher and managing editor of Frontpage Africa, was put under house arrest after Justice Minister Cllr. Christina Tah was questioned for her decision to grant Sieh a thirty-day compassionate release.

In a second joint appeal, over 60 IFEX members and partners again call for the release of Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla, after terrorism-related charges were laid against him.

Conditions behind the release of Rodney Sieh are still unclear. Sieh was imprisoned on libel charges after his paper failed to substantiate its claims that a former government minister diverted millions of dollars intended to fight an epidemic in Liberia.

A petition was calling for Front Page Africa editor Rodney Sieh to be freed after being jailed on a million-dollar libel charge. He was freed in November.