Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

In a landmark decision Ghana’s Right to Information Commission ordered an information request by journalist Evans Aziamor-Mensah be granted at a cost of US$0.33 and not the US$1,000 initially quoted by the Minerals Commission.

Sustained pressure from the media and rights groups forces Nigeria’s parliament to suspend the debate on the repressive Nigerian Press Council Bill and the National Broadcasting Commission Amendment Bill.

300 press freedom violations, including unresolved killings of 7 journalists, were recorded over 5 years in the ‘State of Media Freedom in Nigeria’ report launched by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in collaboration with MFWA.

Two more protesters were killed, following demonstrations in the aftermath of the murder of well known social activist Ibrahim Anyass Muhammed, aka Kaaku, in Ejura, Ghana.

The MFWA calls on Senegal to decriminalise press offenses following journalist Madiambal Diagne’s punitive sentencing.

The ECOWAS Court of Justice rules in favour of citizens by restraining Nigeria’s Federal Government from prosecuting Twitter users.

Outcome of Accra High Court ruling on MFWA’s Access to Information case against the National Communications Authority proves to be a setback to the notion of enforcing the right to information held by public bodies.

Lobbying by media groups in Guinea and organisations such as the MFWA secures the release of jailed journalists Amadou Diouldé Diallo and Ibrahima Sadjo Bah.