Articles by Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
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.
MFWA highlights astronomical cost of excluding women from digital spaces
To mark International Womens’ Day 2022, the MFWA highlighted the obstacles that impede women from fully enjoying their digital rights and how these gender gaps could be narrowed.
MFWA concerned by growing state repression against free speech and expression
The Media Foundation of West Africa’s board of directors has expressed deep concern at how the increasing attacks by terrorist groups in Sahel region, military coups and West African governments’ selective application of law is negatively impacting on human and media rights in the region.
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.
Ghana’s media freedom on the decline
Ghana’s democracy is being rattled by reckless conduct of the media, coupled with the Ghanaian government’s heavy handed response, points out Media Foundation for West Africa executive director Sulemana Braimah.
MFWA’s frank letter to Ghana President
In a letter to President Nana Akufo-Addo, the executive director of Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, points out how the government’s “high level of intolerance and autocratic tendencies poses a threat to Ghana’s democracy.
Journalist risks losing his hearing following brutal attack
Ghana’s Inspector General of Police promises to investigate the brutal attack on broadcast journalist Eric Nana Gyetuah by police officers.