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2023 ended with uptick in attacks as 4th Quarter recorded 9% rise in FOE violations

The MFWA’s monitoring report for the fourth quarter of 2023 demonstrates a concerning trend of government interference, attacks on journalists, legal harassment, and media censorship, amidst endemic impunity in the region.A total of thirty-nine (39) in...

Niger Coup: ECOWAS must restore the government of President Mohamed Bazoum

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the July 26, 2023 overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger by the army and joins the ECOWAS and other organisations across the world to demand an immediate return to constitutional order.A grou...

Latest report: how MFWA empowered voices to demand accountability from duty-bearers

West Africa is rich in resources but often saddled with poverty and political instability as a result of mismanagement and unequal distribution of resources. Active participation in governance processes by the public is one of the sure ways of whipping...

MFWA calls on President Tinubu to reverse Buhari’s depressing freedom of expression record

On May 29, 2023, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu took over from President Muhammadu Buhari as the new helmsman in Nigeria’s presidency. Even though the new president is supposed to govern largely from the same All Peoples Party manifesto, there is one area w...

President Akufo-Addo’s claim about freedom of expression condition in Ghana not entirely true

On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament. Among the many issues he reported on was the state of freedom of expression in the country, wh...

MFWA partners CHRAJ, EU and UN to mark International Human Rights Day 2022

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in partnership with the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the UN in Ghana, will on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, convene a public forum to mark this year’s International Human Ri...

130 State, media actors in Guinea Bissau to benefit from media, freedom of expression training

Starting October 9, 2022, 130 representatives from key state and media institutions in Guinea Bissau will benefit from a series of capacity-building sessions on Media, Freedom of Expression and Digital Rights. The training workshops are organised by th...

MFWA, Partners express solidarity with Burkina Faso and Mali over recent terrorist attacks

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and its national partners, Centre National de Presse Norbert Zongo of Burkina Faso (CNP-NZ) and the Maison de la Presse du Mali (MP), have in a joint statement expressed their solidarity and sympathy to the p...

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M-Pesa Foundation Launches Sh30 Million School Infrastructure Project in Murang’a

MURANG'A: Learners at Karimamwaro Primary School in Kandara Sub County, Murang'a County, are set to benefit from a Sh30 million infrastructure project commissioned by the M-Pesa Foundation. The project includes the renovation of six classrooms, the co...
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Presidents of Angola and South Africa Meet to Enhance Bilateral Cooperation

PRETORIA: Angolan President João Lourenço and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa convened in Pretoria on Thursday to discuss and strengthen cooperative relations between their respective nations. This meeting marks the beginning of President Lour...

Youth Urged to Pursue Technical Training Amid Declining White-Collar Opportunities, Says Garissa Governor

GARISSA: Garissa Governor Nathif Jama has called on the youth in the region to seek technical education to equip themselves with skills necessary for self-employment, highlighting the dwindling availability of white-collar jobs. Speaking during the Ja...

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