Articles by Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
MFWA collaborates with IPI to produce legal resource for Senegalese media
A new toolkit compiled by MFWA, IPI and Senegalese digital rights group Jonction provides a comprehensive overview of the domestic, regional, and international legal frameworks on press freedom.
Guinean media goes silent to protest repression
A nationwide media blackout by media associations was designed to magnify the control the ruling junta is imposing on the media.
Freedom of expression facing severe test in Senegal
The recent arrest of journalist and activist, Aliou Sané, highlights the escalating repression of dissenting voices in Senegal.
ECOWAS and MFWA sign partnership agreement
ECOWAS and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) have announced a partnership looking into enhancing democratic values, media freedom, development, human rights, and peace in West Africa.
#WAMECA2023 spotlights drastic democratic decline
Participants at the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards emphasised the need to build strong alliances to effectively push back against media repression.
Togolese minister gets journalists arrested
Reporting on theft of over half a million US$ from Housing Minister’s house lands journalists Loic Lawson and Anani Sossou in prison.
Media freedom under threat in Burkina Faso
The military government in Burkina Faso is pushing through policies and laws that are severely curtailing freedom of expression in the country.
Mali: Broadcast journalists’ trip turns tragic
An attack on 4 journalists culminates in the death of Abdul Aziz Djibrilla, injury of Harouna Attini and abduction of Saleck Ag Jiddou and Moustaph Koné.