Articles by Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
One person dead, four others injured in effort to protect Guinean journalist
Police opened fire and tear gas on demonstrators who had gathered outside Planète FM in response to a call from the director of the station. The director asked listeners to protect him from people who he alleged were planning to assassinate him.
Newspaper employee detained without charge for “insulting” Gambian president
Mass Kah was arrested without charge after reportedly saying that the leader of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism party was “the only man who wears trousers in The Gambia.”
Editors released after 19 days of detention in Sierra Leone
Jonathan Leigh and Bai Bai Sesay were granted bail on 4 November 2013 by a Freetown-based High Court. The editors still face charges for publishing an article deemed defamatory to Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma.
Sierra Leonean editors face 26 counts of libel over article about president
Jonathan Leigh and Bai Bai Sesay could face up to three years in prison for publishing of an article that criticised President Ernest Bai Koroma.
Somali government urged to rescind Radio Shabelle’s eviction order
Dozens of media freedom groups are calling on the Prime Minister of Somalia to rescind the arbitrary eviction order currently faced by the Shabelle Media Network. The eviction would place Radio Shabelle staff in immediate physical danger.
Journalists in Sierra Leone detained without charge for six days
Jonathan Leigh and Bai Bai Sesay were detained on 18 October 2013. They have been accused of publishing an article that is “defamatory” to President Ernest Bai Koroma.
60 human rights groups call for release of Moroccan journalist
In a second joint appeal, over 60 IFEX members and partners again call for the release of Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla, after terrorism-related charges were laid against him.
International free expression groups call for an end to Internet censorship in Jordan
IFEX members appeal to the King to end restrictions on news websites, nearly five months after Jordanian regulators blocked some 300 sites under a new licensing provision of the Press and Publications Law.