Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

N’Faly Guilavogui of media Groupe Evasion Guinea is banned from working as a journalist for 10 days by Guinea’s media regulator.

While celebrating the ACHPR’s resolution on digital violence against women, the MFWA demands concrete actions by African governments that will ensure improved safety for women online.

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.

Angered by remarks made by a politician during an interview, the Kumasi Traditional Council in the Ashanti Region of Ghana has ordered Oyerepa FM to suspend its operations.

The growing precariousness of journalists comes at a time of increased freedom of expression and media rights violations across the region, which is forcing many journalists to self-censor or abandon the profession.

The Ada Traditional Council send a letter outlining restrictions on Radio Ada, banning it from covering the Asafotufiami Festival, over the station’s alleged utterances against the chief, and coverage of the salt industry.

The disturbing range of violations in Sierra Leone propels media stakeholders and government into drawing up the Comprehensive Framework on the Protection of Journalists.

13 Fellows from Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been selected for the 2022 Next Generation Investigative Journalism Fellowship programme.