Articles by Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Off-air in Guinea: Authorities shut down 4 radio stations
Guinea’s Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (l’Agence Régulation des Postes et Télécommunications-ARPT) has taken private radio stations Sabari FM, Gangan FM, Djigui FM and Evasion FM off the air.
Ghana: Journalists attacked while covering demonstration in Accra
The Media Foundation for West Africa condemns the attack on four journalists and a driver by vigilantes of the New Patriotic Party in Accra, and wishes to call on the party’s leadership to ensure swift punishment for the perpetrators.
After Jammeh’s Gambia, will Condé’s Guinea become the new hell for journalism in West Africa?
Guinea’s regime is fast becoming infamous over media rights violations.
Thugs attack Radio Justice presenter in Ghana
On 2 December 2017, thugs stormed Radio Justice’s studios in Tamale, Ghana, and assaulted a presenter and three panelists.
Silencing ‘secrets’ in Guinea, information vs HIV, #FreeMartha and goodbye Mugabe: November in Africa
Major strides towards fighting impunity in The Gambia, US journalist Martha O’Donovan charged with subversion in Zimbabwe as Mugabe resigns, Guinea’s clampdown on free expression, and more in our November roundup of free expression issues in Africa.
Guinea: Radio Espace journalist charged with “divulging military secrets”
Journalist Moussa Moise Sylla is being charged over comments about the state of the Guinean military, aired on a Radio Espace FM programme in November.
Guinea: President Alpha Condé threatens to shut down media outlets that report on teachers’ union leader
Guinean president Alpha Condé has described a strike by teachers in the country as a rebellion and any media house relaying the statements of Aboubacar Soumah, Deputy Secretary General of the Free Union of Teachers and Researchers of Guinea, as accomplices.
45 days and counting: Cameroon’s internet shutdown
Within the past year, the government of Cameroon has shut down the internet in its attempt to clamp down on demonstrations in English-speaking regions of the country.