Kwaku Asante, Author at Media Foundation For West Africa

Demonstrations Increasingly Becoming a Risky Form of Expressing Dissent in West Africa

Free Expression ViolationsNov 23, 2018723Views 0Likes 0Comments

In what confirms a culture of intolerance for demonstrations, security forces continue to unleash mayhem on demonstrators, with a total of 32 citizens and activists assaulted or detained during the third quarter of the MFWA’s monitoring of freedom of expression rights in West Africa. The Media Foundation for West Africa’s monitoring of the freedom of…

Demonstrations Increasingly Becoming a Risky Form of Expressing Dissent in West Africa

Free Expression ViolationsNov 23, 2018659Views 0Likes 0Comments

In what confirms a culture of intolerance for demonstrations, security forces continue to unleash mayhem on demonstrators, with a total of 32 citizens and activists assaulted or detained during the third quarter of the MFWA’s monitoring of freedom of expression rights in West Africa. The Media Foundation for West Africa’s monitoring of the freedom of…

Security Forces Violently Attack Demonstrators

Free Expression ViolationsNov 19, 2018847Views 0Likes 0Comments

Security forces in Mali have violently dispersed and attacked a group of opposition party supporters who were demonstrating in the capital, Bamako. The opposition organised the march on November 16, 2018 to protest against what they considered as poor governance, high cost of living and the planned extension of the mandate of the deputies…

How Citizens, Media Action Prompted Dramatic Service Delivery by Government

Freedom of ExpressionNov 19, 2018639Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Sulemana Braimah In a space of 10 months – January to October 2018 – dozens of people had been killed and over a 100 others injured by speeding vehicles on a seven-kilometre highway within the Ghanaian capital, Accra. People living within the stretch of the highway say 195 pedestrians had been hit and killed…

Journalist’s Accreditation Revoked upon Complaint by Minister

Free Expression ViolationsNov 16, 2018977Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has learned with disappointment the revocation of the accreditation of Radio France Internationale’s (RFI) Guinea correspondent, Mouctar Bah. The decision taken by the media regulatory body, Haute Autorité de la Communication (HAC), on November 14, 2018 followed Bah’s report on a recent crackdown on the demonstrations by security…

Promoting Citizens’ Engagement in Local Governance in Ghana – MFWA Convenes MMDCEs Experience-Sharing Forum

Good GovernanceNov 15, 2018828Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) will convene a special experience-sharing forum for twenty (20) Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) across the country on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at the Swiss Spirit Alisa Hotel. The one-day forum will also bring together representatives from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, the…

Security Forces Kill 2 Demonstrators

Free Expression ViolationsNov 12, 2018785Views 0Likes 0Comments

The brutal crackdown on demonstrations in Guinea has intensified with police fatally shooting two people amidst heightened political and social agitations. Alimou Diallo and Mamadou Bela Baldé, aged 26 and 30 respectively, died on November 7 from bullet wounds as the protestors tried to defy a government ban to embark on a demonstration on November…

MFWA, DW Akademie to Train 12 Media Houses on Data Journalism

Media DevelopmentNov 9, 2018856Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) will on November 14 - 16, 2018 bring together journalists from 12 media houses across Ghana for a three-day training on data journalism at Little Acre Hotel in Aburi. The training which is being organised in collaboration with DW Akademie aims at equipping journalists with the requisite tools, techniques…

WAMECA 2019 Scheduled for October 18-19

Media and Good GovernanceNov 7, 2018494Views 0Likes 0Comments

After successfully organising the 2018 edition, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has scheduled the 2019 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) for October 18-19. The 2019 edition will be the third since the inaugural Awards in 2017. The West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards is an initiative…

MFWA Condemns Assault on Reporter by Ex-President’s Guard

Safety of JournalistsOct 30, 2018915Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Media Foundation for West Africa is deeply saddened by the assault on Kwesi Parker Wilson, a reporter of Accra-based Joy FM, by a security guard of Ghana’s former President, John Mahama. Parker was assaulted on October 29, 2018 while covering the campaign team of the former president, who is seeking his party’s mandate as…

60 Journalists Across West Africa Resolve to Promote Cross-Border Collaboration on Investigative Journalism

Investigative Journalism, Media and Good GovernanceOct 24, 20181KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Sixty influential journalists across West Africa have adopted a seven-point resolution to promote cross-border collaboration on investigative journalism to tackle issues of good governance, accountability and socioeconomic development in the region. The journalists adopted the resolution at the two-day West Africa Conference on Investigative Journalism event organised in Accra, Ghana, by the Media Foundation for…

Winners Announced – West Africa Media Excellence Awards 2018

Media and Good Governance, Media DevelopmentOct 14, 20181KViews 0Likes 0Comments

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has announced the winners of the 2018 West Africa Media Excellence Awards at a ceremony held in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, October 13. The event was graced by distinguished diplomat, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the…

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Kwaku Asante

Demonstrations Increasingly Becoming a Risky Form of Expressing Dissent in West Africa

Demonstrations Increasingly Becoming a Risky Form of Expressing Dissent in West Africa

Security Forces Violently Attack Demonstrators

How Citizens, Media Action Prompted Dramatic Service Delivery by Government

Journalist’s Accreditation Revoked upon Complaint by Minister

Promoting Citizens’ Engagement in Local Governance in Ghana – MFWA Convenes MMDCEs Experience-Sharing Forum

Security Forces Kill 2 Demonstrators

MFWA, DW Akademie to Train 12 Media Houses on Data Journalism

WAMECA 2019 Scheduled for October 18-19

MFWA Condemns Assault on Reporter by Ex-President’s Guard

60 Journalists Across West Africa Resolve to Promote Cross-Border Collaboration on Investigative Journalism

Winners Announced – West Africa Media Excellence Awards 2018

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