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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Berlin: In a series of competitive matches in the German Bundesliga on Saturday, several teams faced significant defeats on their home grounds. Eintracht Frankfurt suffered a heavy loss against Bayer Leverkusen, finishing the match with a 4-1 defeat.
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Yangon: Authorities of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) on Sunday warned residents in northern NSW to prepare for damaging winds, large surf and heavy rainfall with Tropical Cyclone Alfred expected to cross the coast later this week.
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Narok: The government is setting its sights on attracting 10 million domestic tourists this year, Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary (CS) Rebecca Miano has announced. With a thriving tourism sector, the Ministry plans to amplify local travel throu...
