Articles by Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Court bans printing of newspaper
(MFWA/IFEX) – A magisterial court in Monrovia, presided over by Judge Joseph Fayiah, has placed an injunction on publication of the privately-owned “New Broom” newspaper. According to MFWA sources in Liberia, a 14 July 2004 letter signed by the court clerk instructed all printing houses in the country not to print “New Broom” because the […]
Two journalists arrested by police
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 9 July 2004, police in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, arrested and detained two news magazine reporters, Lawson Heyford of “The Source” and Okafor Ofiebor of “The News”. The journalists were arrested for their alleged association with a man identified as Pastor Joe Alatoru, who had accused two senior police officers […]
Managing editor of privately-owned newspaper “Le Quotidien” arrested and detained
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 9 July 2004, Madiambal Diagne, managing editor of the privately-owned newspaper “Le Quotidien”, was arrested and jailed for “publishing confidential documents, disseminating false news and initiating actions [likely to] compromise public security”. The 5 July edition of “Le Quotidien” published minutes of the High Judicial Council of Senegal, in which some judges […]
Information officer beaten by police
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 4 July 2004, a group of police officers acting on the orders of Police Director Chris Massaquoi beat Bernard Warity, deputy information minister for administration in the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) headed by Charles Gyude Bryant. Warity sustained bruises on his body and is being treated at the St. Joseph […]
Broadcast regulator threatens UN radio station
(MFWA/IFEX) – The National Council for Broadcast Communication (Conseil national de la communication audiovisuelle, CNCA) has asked the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) to suspend broadcasts on its ONUCI FM radio station until it receives express authorisation form the Ministry of Information. According to MFWA sources in Côte d’Ivoire, ONUCI FM had already […]
Reporter held for questioning
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 13 June 2004, Aidahy Ould Saleck, a regional correspondent of the independent weekly “L’Eveil Hebdo”, was held for questioning by police in Nouadhibou, 400 km northwest of the capital, Nouakchott. Saleck was detained at the police station and interrogated for more than four hours. The editor-in-chief of “L’Eveil Hebdo”, Diop Moussa, told […]