Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Ibrahim Foday’s death may be linked to a series of articles he published on an ongoing land dispute between the towns of Grafton and Kossoh.

Ibrahima Ahmed Barry, Louise Sanoussi, and Ciré Dieng, all journalists with the state-owned broadcaster RTG, were suspended indefinitely for allegedly having sympathies for the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea.

Serge Grah was abducted by six armed men believed to be elements of the Côte d’Ivoire Republican Forces (FRCI) loyal to President Alassane Ouattara.

Amadou Janneh recently gave lectures on a wide range of issues in The Gambia, and had notably condemned the frequent disappearances in the country and the blocking of online news sites.

Dodou Sanneh was illegally detained for three days at Banjul police headquarters and later arraigned and charged before the Banjul Magistrates’ Court.

The raid on “L’Indépendant-le Démocrate” followed the publication of an article in which the paper alleged that President Condé had doubled the soldiers’ salaries.

Gooré Bi Hué had gone to the Ivorian Refugee Camp in Elubo, a border town in Ghana, to prepare a report, when he was assaulted and detained by local police.

Cameras belonging to the state-owned Ghana Television (GTV) and privately-owned Television 3 (TV3) were seized by officials who claimed the group had no permit to send “professional video cameras” into the country.