Articles by Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
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.
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.
West Africa: FoE violations continue unabated
The MFWA’s monitoring of the FOE landscape in West Africa in the last quarter of 2021 records a spike in violations.
24-year sentence for Nigerian activist Bala Mubarak
Nigerian activist Bala Mubarak’s two-year detention for blasphemy is followed up with a 24-year prison sentence.
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.
Nigeria compelled to amend cybercrime law by ECOWAS
A legal challenge brought by the NGO SERAP has resulted in a decision by the West Africa regional court, ordering Nigeria to amend part of its Cybercrime Act to conform with some international laws the country has ratified.
MFWA praised for pushing on testing of Ghana’s RTI law
Ghana’s Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, feels the constant effort by the MFWA and The Fourth Estate to ensure implementation of the RTI law is what keeps it alive.
Ghana’s minister of defence petitioned
The Media Foundation for West Africa has asked Ghana’s minister of defense to investigate the brutal assault and torture of investigative journalist Michael Aidoo by 2 soldiers.