the Media community of West Africa

Media watchdog welcomes Ghana's right-based court

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:36:00 +0200

A sub-regional media freedom body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Thursday welcomed the creation of a Human Rights Court in Ghana. Read full story... | Send to a friend

CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2008 finalists

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:04:00 +0200

Finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2008 Competition were announced today, 15 May 2008, by Azubuike Ishiekwene, Chair of the independent judging panel. This year the competition, now in its 13th year, received a record 1912 entries from 44 countries throughout the African continent, including French- and Portuguese-speaking Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Draft media reform laws presented to the Liberian National Legislature

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:33:00 +0200

Three draft media laws that seek to strengthen the improvement of freedom of Information have finally been submitted to the National Legislature for possible passage into law. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Journalists barred from covering Gambia's opening of Parliament

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:41:00 +0200

A group of journalists working with privately-owned Banjul-based newspapers were barred from covering President Yahya Jammeh's annual opening of The Gambia's Parliament on 28 March 2008. Read full story... | Send to a friend

WAN protests against press crackdown in Tibet

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:08:00 +0200

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and World Editors Forum (WEF) have protested to Chinese President Hu Jintao against the crackdown on coverage of events in Tibet and the banning of foreign media, in violation of international agreements, Chinese law and China's Olympic promises. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Chad govt issues new press law

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:22:00 +0200

The Chadian government has adopted a new press law by decree which does not abolish prison terms for press offences, but instead makes the sentences much longer and makes it harder to launch a newspaper. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Independent press censorship in Chad

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:26:00 +0200

Privately-owned press have reportedly been harassed and censored by the governments of Chad and Sudan after rebels, who have been accused of being in the pay of Khartoum, launched an offensive against the Chadian capital, N'Djamena. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Kenya government lifts ban

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:48:00 +0200

The government of Kenya has lifted the ban on live broadcasting, but has cautioned foreign correspondents against "inflammatory" reporting. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Putting African football in the picture

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:54:00 +0200

Africa Interactive works together with local media talent in Ghana to put the Nike5showdown tournament in the picture. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Press harassment hinders Niger's development, watchdogs warn

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:32:00 +0200

Press freedom groups agree that an increase in arrests, intimidation and harassment of journalists in Niger is impeding development in one of the poorest countries in the world. Read full story... | Send to a friend