The MFWA condemns the attack on journalists and other staff of Dero FM by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service in Nkoranza in the Bono East Region on April 1, 2019.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has learnt with shock the brutal assault on three journalists from one of Ghana's leading newspapers, The Ghanaian Times, and calls on the police administration to investigate the incident and punish the culprits.

The story adjudged the best anti-corruption report at the 2018 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference Awards (WAMECA) has resulted in the cancellation of questionable waste bins procurement contracts worth $74 million (GHs 362 million) by the government of Ghana.

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Kejebi District in the Volta Region of Ghana has ordered the arrest and detention of a citizen who spoke against the government's policy of creating new regions.

On Wednesday (December 19, 2018), the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, hosted journalists in Ghana at the Jubilee House, the seat of government, to respond to questions on the state of affairs in the country and the performance of his government after almost two years in office.

A vigilante group allied to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ghana's main opposition party, assaulted Emmanuel Sackey, a journalist with Accra-based Top FM, at the party's Youth and Women's Congress on October 27, 2018.

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.

Jerry Azanduna suffered bruises all over his body

On the June 11, 2018, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), in collaboration with other media stakeholders, held a Forum with the Police Service on strengthening media-police relations for safety of journalists in Ghana.

Recent incidents of assault against journalists in Ghana paint a dire picture of the safety of journalists' situation in the country and the trend must be fought back with all the power at the media's disposal.

On March 27, 2018, one of Ghana's budding and fearless journalists, Latif Idris, was brutally beaten to near death at the headquarters of the Ghana Police Service. The journalist, who works with the Multimedia group, was not beaten by thugs. He was beaten by police personnel, the same people he would have had to run to if he had been attacked by hoodlums.

February 6, each year, is observed globally as Safer Internet Day. The day is used to highlight the positive uses of the Internet and explore the role of stakeholders in ensuring a better and safer online environment. This year's celebration which is under the theme, "Create, connect and share respect: A better Internet starts with you," highlights the need to ensure a safe Internet for children and young people across the world.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has petitioned the National Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, over the brutal assault by the party's security officers on journalists which occurred at the party's National Headquarters in Accra, Ghana.

It was a moment of truth and revelation about media ownership, a platform for critical discussions and questions as stakeholders gathered at the Alisa Hotel for the launch of the report on media ownership in Ghana.

It was a moment of truth and revelation about media ownership, a platform for critical discussions and questions as stakeholders gathered at the Alisa Hotel for the launch of the report on media ownership in Ghana.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and other Ghanaian civil society organisations, including the Internet Freedom CSO Coalition, Ghana, have called on the government to implement the National Cyber Security Policy and Strategy, which was adopted by Cabinet in the last quarter of 2016.

The Bureau of National Investigations, BNI, on June 30, 2017, stormed the studios of Zaa Radio, located in Tamale, in the Northern Region of Ghana and forced the network to suspend broadcasting for about an hour over concerns that it was being used to fan religious conflict.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on June 8, 2017 called on Ghana's Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Hajia Alima Mahama at her office to brief her and her two Deputies about the organisation's project titled: Promoting Citizens Participation in Local Governance through Increased Access to Information.

Prof. Kwame Karikari of the School of Communications Studies, University of Ghana, has blamed the poor ethical standards being exhibited by many local language radio broadcasters on the absence of a well-developed national language.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has commended the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) for the deployment of ICT infrastructure to unserved and underserved communities which is increasingly bridging the digital gap between urban and rural Ghana.