Articles by Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Guinea-Bissau ramps up repression
Authorities in Guinea-Bissau must probe an attack by security forces on journalist Souleymane Seidy and civil society activist Franique Da Silva, as police censor criticism of school closures.
Online critics under constant threat in Mauritania
Online rights are under threat in Mauritiania as authorities detain freelance jouranalist Mohamed Salem Kerkoub and threaten bloggers Mohamed Haibeitna Delchoul and Bilal Abdarrahmane for assisting him.
Ghanaian media crew assaulted at mining site
Ghana Armed Forces have pledged to investigate the harassment of a news crew by military officers at a mining site in the mineral-rich Ashanti region.
Nigerian police harass and assault three photojournalists
Three photojournalists – Olatunji Obasa, Olu Aremo and Mudashiru Atanda – were harassed and assaulted by police, while reporting on the chaotic roll out of Nigeria’s mandatory linking of SIM cards with national identification numbers.
Journalist arrested for filming altercation between police and motorist
Ghanian journalist Selorm Gborbidzi was arrested for filming the scuffle between a policeman and a motorist breaching traffic regulations.
Life of Burkinabe investigative journalist in danger
No stranger to being under attack Burkinabe journalist Yacouba Ladji Bama was shot at, on his way home after co-hosting a panel discussion on electoral corruption.
Togo’s media fraternity shocked by treatment of colleague Carlos Kétohou
Togolese journalist Carlos Komlanvi Kétohou was arrested by police in a night raid and the country’s media regulator calls for the withdrawal of the operating license of his weekly newspaper.
Journalists receive threats via social media in the aftermath of early December general election
The Media Foundation for West Africa is calling on the police to investigate grave threats made against journalists working for Ghana’s Multimedia Group in the aftermath of the December election.