Kwaku Asante, Author at Media Foundation For West Africa

Media end boycott of Minister over assault on journalist

Safety of JournalistsFeb 16, 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), in consultation with its media partners, including the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has revoked the media blackout it imposed on the Minister for Fisheries and Aqua Culture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson. The GJA imposed a media blackout on the Minister, who is also a Member of Parliament (MP)…

Our impact: Ghana’s President suspends multi-million-cedi contract after accountability journalism report

Investigative Journalism, Journalism for ChangeFeb 14, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Ghana’s President, Nana Akuffo Addo, has suspended a contract estimated to deliver a monthly payment of up to Ghc240 million to a private company, Strategic Mobilization Ghana Ltd (SML). This followed a series of investigative stories by The Fourth Estate, an accountability journalism project of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA). Dragging over a…

Press Freedom: Nigeria ended 2023 on a repressive spree

Press Freedom, Safety of JournalistsFeb 5, 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Recent events in Nigeria have revealed a concerning pattern of challenges to press freedom and the safety of journalists. As 2023 drew to a close, the authorities, particularly the security agencies and state officials, ramped up the repression with a series of arrests, detentions and assaults against journalists. On December 19, 2023, Godwin Tsa, a…

MFWA supports Ghana Journalists’ Association’s call for media blackout on Fisheries Minister

Safety of JournalistsJan 28, 2024652Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) fully endorses and supports the decision of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to impose a total media blackout for Ghana’s Fisheries Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson, and stay away from her as Member of Parliament, Minister of State or any other public capacity and position she may hold. Given…

Ahmed Suale’s murder: Five years of pain, impunity, judicial lethargy

Impunity, Safety of JournalistsJan 16, 20244KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Ahmed Suale, a member of the Tiger Eye PI investigative that produced the expose on corruption in African football, was gunned down by unknown assailants in Accra on January 16, 2019. On the fifth anniversary of the journalist’s passing, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) retraces the events leading to, and since that single…

MFWA collaborates with IPI to produce legal resource on Senegal

Free Expression and The LawDec 18, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has partnered with the International Press Institute (IPI) to produce a resource tool kit on the legal and regulatory frameworks governing the media in Senegal. Senegalese digital rights group Jonction also contributed to the production of the tool kit which provides a comprehensive overview of the domestic, regional, and international frameworks…

ECOWAS and MFWA Sign Partnership Agreement

General News, Regional DevelopmentDec 6, 20236KViews 0Likes 0Comments

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) signed a historic four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU, signed by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray and the Executive Director of the MFWA, Mr. Sulemana Braimah, seeks…

How access to information laws influence investigative journalism in West Africa

Access To InformationDec 5, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Although the enactment of Access to Information (ATI) laws has been helpful in investigative reporting in West Africa, journalists say there are major setbacks. At a webinar organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on how investigative journalists can use ATI laws to enhance their reportage, a mixed-bag of concerns were raised by…

Minister gets two journalists imprisoned for reporting theft in his house

Safety of JournalistsNov 20, 2023912Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Togolese authorities should release Loic Lawson and Anani Sossou from prison and drop all charges against the journalists who are being abused at the instance of a Minister of State. Lawson, the editor of “Flambeau des Democrates”, and Sossou, a freelancer, were incarcerated on November 15, 2023, following a defamation complaint by Housing Minister…

Nigerian Investigative Reporter wins West Africa Journalist of the Year

Media and Good GovernanceNov 12, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

An investigative journalist with HumAngle Media in Nigeria, Muhammed Akinyemi, has emerged as West Africa Journalist of the Year. His story on the recurrent soot problems in the southern Nigeria province, of River State, wooed the grand jury of the West Africa Media Excellence and Awards to crown him over 16 other journalists shortlisted for…

Seventh edition of West Africa’s biggest journalism event opens on November 9

Media and Good GovernanceNov 8, 2023879Views 0Likes 0Comments

West Africa’s biggest journalism event, WAMECA, enters its seventh edition this year. From November 9 to 11, the 2023 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) will come off in Ghana’s capital, Accra. The two-part event will consist of a conference which will run from November 9 – 10, and an…

WAMECA 2023: List of Finalists

Media DevelopmentNov 3, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

The Media Foundation for West Africa is pleased to announce the list of finalists for the 2023 edition of the prestigious West Africa Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA 2023) The finalists were selected by a 3-member jury made up of distinguished and experienced media experts in Africa after a thorough review and assessment of the stories submitted by…

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