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A former Gambian information minister has been sentenced to life for conspiring to overthrow the President with T-shirts demanding an end to dictatorship, report the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and ARTICLE 19.
A TV reporter was gunned down in Kano, shortly after covering a series of deadly bombings on 20 January by the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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MFWA 2010 state of the media report
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From the Communiqué
25 January 2012
The Gambia
Former minister gets life sentence for seditious T-shirt
A former Gambian information minister has been sentenced to life for conspiring to overthrow the President with T-shirts demanding an end to dictatorship, report the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and ARTICLE 19.
25 January 2012
Nigeria
Journalist killed while covering terrorist bombings
A TV reporter was gunned down in Kano, shortly after covering a series of deadly bombings on 20 January by the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Campaigns and Advocacy
28 November 2011
Liberia
Freedom of information conference brings together participants from Bomi and Cape Mount counties
Participants called for the progressive review of the Liberian FOI law and appealed for the decentralisation of the complaint and appeal channels in the event of refusal to disclose information.
6 October 2011
Equatorial Guinea
UNESCO suspends Obiang prize again
Human Rights Watch, Committee to Protect Journalists and other organisations are urging UNESCO's executive board to cancel the prize outright.
6 October 2011
Cameroon
RSF urges government to take action on media reform in mission report
RSF is calling on the government to enact a series of reforms that are needed to improve media freedom, including a new media law and the decriminalisation of press offences.See all campaign news: West Africa
Reports
22 August 2011
West Africa
MFWA 2010 state of the media report 
17 March 2011
Liberia / World Press Freedom Day
CEMESP launches 2010 annual freedom of expression review
This is the fourth of such reports, and comes at a crucial point in Liberian history, when there is a great need for news that is impartial, fair and independent.See all reports: West Africa
Alerts
NIGERIA: French journalists detained, thrown out of restive state 7 February 2012
CAMEROON: Coup charges against writer dropped, still faces military tribunal
7 February 2012
CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Two detained journalists released
3 February 2012
CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Newspaper editor arrested for publishing "confidential information"
1 February 2012
SENEGAL: Rights activist detained over opposition protests
31 January 2012
CAMEROON: Writer detained, faces up to 50 years in prison
24 January 2012
SENEGAL: Two journalists given suspended prison terms
23 January 2012
NIGERIA: TV reporter killed while covering Kano suicide bombings
23 January 2012
SENEGAL: Jailed opposition activist receives presidential pardon
19 January 2012
THE GAMBIA: Former minister gets life imprisonment for demanding an end to the dictatorship
19 January 2012
NIGERIA: Call for release of labour activists
17 January 2012
NIGERIA: #OccupyNigeria protesters take on news media coverage
17 January 2012
LIBERIA: "National Chronicle" editor briefly detained, faces criminal complaint
17 January 2012
GHANA: National security officials violently assault photojournalists
16 January 2012
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Concern about rights violations on eve of Africa Cup
16 January 2012
CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Human remains found not to be those of missing journalist
13 January 2012
THE GAMBIA: Newspaper journalist charged with criminal defamation
12 January 2012
CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Human remains found could be those of missing journalist Guy-André Kieffer
9 January 2012
GABON: Two media outlets suspended for opposition coverage
9 January 2012
CÔTE D'IVOIRE: TV presenter provisionally released after being held for five months
2 January 2012
MAURITANIA / MOROCCO: Moroccan journalist expelled
27 December 2011
GUINEA: Police pursue publisher over article critical of President Condé
21 December 2011
LIBERIA: Clergyman assaults journalists, seizes camera
19 December 2011
THE GAMBIA: Authorities fail to find editor's killers after seven years
16 December 2011
BENIN: Benin press regulators halt publication of daily "Le Béninois libéré"
15 December 2011
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