Claim of absolute freedoms in Ghana is refuted by the MFWA
While Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo boasts of a country that promotes media freedom and freedom of expression, the MFWA spotlights the unresolved killing of Ahmed Suale and other serious media freedom violations.
MFWA reviews Ghana’s media landscape
Ghana’s democratic era recorded significant gains for freedom of expression, but those advances could be reversed if media rights violations continue.
Cost of accessing information gazetted by Ghana’s parliament
With the passing of the Fees and Charges Act, Ghana’s parliament has removed a major hurdle to the enjoyment of the right to access information held by public bodies.
Ghanaian court orders state institutions to compensate Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri
In what can be described as a major victory for media freedom, Ghana’s Human Rights Division Court orders the heads of three major state institutions to apologize to journalist Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri, for violating his rights.
Ahmed Suale’s killing: 4 years of assurances, denials, inertia and silence
Impunity over Ahmed Suale’s killing is a blot on Ghana’s press freedom record and a dismal emblem of the steep deterioration of press freedom in the country.
The aversion to critical investigative journalism in Ghana
Executive Director of Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah reflects on the accelerated decline in the safety of investigative journalists in Ghana under President Nana Akufo Addo’s watch.
Members of Ghana’s judiciary and legislature compelled to declare assets
Ghanaian accountability investigative project interrogates state institutions on the extent to which their staff complies with the country’s RTI legislative requirements.
MFWA unpacks Ghana’s Right to Information law
The Media Foundation for West Africa compiles most Frequently Asked Questions on Ghana’s Right to Information law based on their interaction with stakeholders during their training workshops, forums and advocacy engagements.
Radio silence spreading across parts of West Africa
In the last 5 months, around 133 broadcasters in Nigeria, Ghana and Guinea-Bissau have been taken off air, resulting from orders from authorities or due to non-payment of exorbitant license fees.
Traditional council orders broadcaster to go off air
Angered by remarks made by a politician during an interview, the Kumasi Traditional Council in the Ashanti Region of Ghana has ordered Oyerepa FM to suspend its operations.
Ghanaian radio station blocked from covering traditional festival
The Ada Traditional Council send a letter outlining restrictions on Radio Ada, banning it from covering the Asafotufiami Festival, over the station’s alleged utterances against the chief, and coverage of the salt industry.
13 promising young journalists make it to MFWA Felllowship programme
13 Fellows from Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been selected for the 2022 Next Generation Investigative Journalism Fellowship programme.
Senegal and Ghana’s slow slide in press freedom rankings
Senegal and Ghana’s sharp decline on the 2022 RSF World Press Freedom Index comes as an unwelcome shock, especially because the two countries were once at the forefront of freedom of expression on the African continent.
#AriseGhana protest turns violent
The violent confrontation between overzealous protesters and an equally heavy-handed police mars the first day of #AriseGhana protest in Accra.
Journalist left unconscious in attack on Ghanaian radio station
Three men, reported to be supporters of Ghana’s ruling party, interrupt a live programme on Benya FM, brutally assaulting host Eric Blessing Eshun and producer Emmanuel Egyirfah.
Stories by MFWA’s journalism fellows are holding authorities to account in Ghana
Young journalists taking part in MFWA’s five-month intensive investigative journalism fellowship produced compelling content holding authorities to account in Ghana.