Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

On 14 November 2015, police in Niger arrested and detained journalists from two private television stations without charge. The journalists’ cameras, microphones and mobile phones were also seized after their arrest.

A group of angry youth attacked the home of the regional correspondent of an Ivorian independent daily, Soir Info, in Dabou. The assailants accused the journalist of filing reports that portrayed their community as a town still in turmoil.

The victims of killings, disappearances and torture in The Gambia write to the international community to demand justice on the Day to End Impunity

Journalists from over 40 media organisations across Ghana are calling on President John Dramani Mahama to demand sanctions against his staffer, Mr. Stan Dodge, who assaulted a Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) journalist nearly two months ago.

Justice Paul Uuter Dery, who has been implicated in a bribery and corruption exposé by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has accused the MFWA, an IFEX member, of contempt of court.

The protesters, who were led by members of pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) were demonstrating to demand that Electoral Commission of Ghana compiles a new voters’ register. Members of the Ghana Police Service chased, arrested, tear-gassed and whipped some of the demonstrators.

Burkina Faso recently became the 7th West African country to pass a freedom of information law. Now, the Media Foundation for West Africa is calling upon Ghana to join the club, and pass similar legislation.

Alhagie Mam Seye was charged with “uttering words with intent to wound religious feelings” after he shared a picture of Prophet Mohammed on Facebook.