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MFWA, Partners call on Nigerian gov’t to release Journalist Pelumi’s remains, investigate his death

Press FreedomSep 3, 20241KViews0Likes0Comments
September 3, 2024 Nearly four years after the killing of journalist Onifade Emmanuel Pelumi , we, the undersigned organizations committed to promoting and defending press freedom, call on Nigerian authorities to ensure Pelumi’s body is released to his family and that those responsible for his death are identified and held to account. Pelumi was a student…

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Call for Applications: MFWA DPI Journalism Fellowship – Phase II

Digital RightsAug 27, 20243KViews0Likes0Comments
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), with funding support and in partnership with Co-Develop, is launching Phase II of the Digital Public Infrastructure Journalism Fellowship Programme. This initiative aims to elevate public awareness, stimulate debates, foster inclusivity, and encourage participation and uptake of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Digital Public Goods (DPG) issues across…

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MFWA rolls out phase II of DPI Journalism Fellowship: 60 Journalists to benefit

Digital RightsAug 23, 20241KViews0Likes0Comments
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has launched phase II of its Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Journalism Fellowship Programme. The MFWA-DPI Journalism Fellowship aims to elevate public awareness, debates, participation, inclusivity, and uptake of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in West Africa through increased professional media reporting and public discourse on the region's DPI and…

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Call for application: Next Generation Investigative Journalism Fellowship 2024

Journalism for ChangeJul 22, 20241KViews0Likes0Comments
Are you a young journalist or a fresh journalism graduate in Ghana looking to specialise in critical, fact-based, in-depth, and investigative reporting on Ghana’s electioneering processes? Here is a unique opportunity for you! The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is accepting applications for the 4th edition of its Next Generation Investigative Journalism (NGIJ) Fellowship Programme.…

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Ghana’s 2024 elections: MFWA, Stakeholders promote culture of peace and fact-based journalism through multiple interventions

Media DevelopmentJul 9, 20241KViews0Likes0Comments
In the build-up to Ghana’s 2024 elections in December, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is implementing a number of interventions to promote a culture of peace, tolerance and inclusive social and political narratives devoid of hate speech, toxic and polarising narratives. Under the ‘Countering Hate Speech and Polarising Narratives to Foster Democratic Consolidation…

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MFWA, CFI train 32 female journalists in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire on Women Empowerment

Media DevelopmentJun 26, 20242KViews0Likes0Comments
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in partnership with the French media development agency, Canal France International (CFI), has trained 32 female journalists, including freelancers, in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire on women empowerment. The initiative forms part of efforts to promote gender equality in the media in the two countries under the project titled Equal…

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First Quarter 2024: Senegal’s political troubles, Nigeria’s Cybercrime Law trigger massive repression

Press FreedomJun 10, 2024983Views0Likes0Comments
In many West African countries, the fight for press freedom and freedom of expression still faces significant obstacles. Governments and powerful individuals use a variety of measures to control the narrative and crush dissent. A total of thirty-nine (39) incidents of freedom of expression violations were recorded, with Nigeria recording thirteen (13) violations, the highest…

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MFWA’s accountability journalism project makes shortlist for 2024 World Justice Challenge

Journalism for ChangeMay 16, 2024989Views0Likes0Comments
The Fourth Estate, an accountability journalism project of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has been named as a finalist in a shortlist of thirty (30) impactful projects across the world for the 2024 edition of the World Justice Challenge. An announcement of the shortlist by the World Justice Project on the 14th of May, 2024, highlighted The Fourth Estate…

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Nigerian government digitalises issuance of birth certificate after MFWA Fellow’s report

Digital RightsMay 3, 20244KViews0Likes0Comments
Nigeria’s National Population Commission (NPC) has digitalized the issuance of birth certificates, ending years of manual processing. A directive to this effect came into force in February 2024. The migration to a national digital platform, among others, is to reduce the human interface and the attendant improprieties with manual processing. At the NPC’s Abuja office,…

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