Articles by Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Lawyer jailed for defending his client
Moses Richards was sentenced to a total of two years and six months’ imprisonment for a letter written on behalf of his client which mentioned the Office of the President.
Journalists intimidated, prevented from covering trial
A crowd of sympathisers of Abubakari Nallah intimidated and prevented a group of journalists from covering the trial of Nallah and nine officials of the Narcotic Control Board at an Accra High Court on 9 September.
Presidential guards attack four journalists
Following the attack, Mohamed Fajah Barrie lost consciousness and was hospitalised; he has since been discharged.
Authorities to withdraw soldiers from “Notre Voie” newspaper premises
Since the soldiers’ deployment, the paper’s offices have been under lock and key and newspaper staff have been barred from accessing equipment and archival materials.
MFWA 2010 state of the media report
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Freelance journalist freed
El Bechir Diallo was picked up at a cyber café on August 11 and held incommunicado at a military camp in Conakry for more than 48 hours in connection with an assassination attempt on President Alpha Condé in July.
Radio ban on Islamic cleric lifted
President Yahya Jammeh, who is also the Minister of Religious Affairs, lifted the ban on Bakawsu Fofanah on June 7, 2011, according to a local newspaper.
Senegalese TV crew arrested, equipment seized
The crew had been in the country since August 13 on an assignment that included interviewing the leader of the opposition Democratic Party and the president of a local abolitionist movement.