Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

To ensuring effective implementation of Ghana’s RTI law, the MFWA provides summary key points from Samson Lardy Anyenini’s presentation on the protocols to request and access information.

Policy advocates question what measures are in place to ensure an effective implementation of the Right to Information law amidst critical concerns about how well citizens and the media know the law, and how aware government officials are regarding their obligations under the law.

Guinea’s brutal crackdown on continued protests against a proposed constitutional amendment that will allow incumbent President Alpha Conde to run for a third term has resulted in several deaths.

The MFWA elects new board members and issues a resolution reflecting deep concern at the general decline in press freedom and freedom of expression conditions, in the region.

The MFWA assessment of violations in West Africa over the past 10 months underscores the absence of leads in the murder of Ahmed Suale in Ghana, and the rise in attacks against journalists in Nigeria with 4 journalists killed in separate incidents.

Nigerian journalist Mary Ekere was arrested and arbitrarily detained for taking pictures, while her colleague was threatened for reporting on her detention.

Three sports journalists were assaulted by a group of men assumed to be bodyguards of President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone during a FIFA World Cup qualifier.

Media professionals from the private radio station sector In Guinea organised a 2 hour broadcast protesting the perpetual intimidation of the media by the country’s regulatory body – the High Authority for Communication.