Guinea

Moise Sidibe, a reporter with L'Indépendant, a privately-owned weekly newspaper, was picked up by the military, together with three of his family members, on May 27, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MWFA) has reported. They are in detention at the Alpha Yaya camp in Conakry, the capital of Guinea. MFWA's correspondent reported that the Red Berets forcibly took the reporter from his house...

The National Communications Council (CNC), the media regulatory body in Guinea, has ordered the management of Familia FM, a community radio station in Conakry, to cease transmission for allegedly broadcasting information that the CNC claimed could "disturb the public peace" of the country. The Media Foundation for West Africa's (MFWA) correspondent reported on November 4 that following the...

Guinea's media regulator, the National Communication Council (CNC), has suspended La Croisade, a privately-owned Conakry-based newspaper, for two months for publishing an alleged falsehood. The newspaper, suspended on May 19, will be out of circulation until July 19, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has reported. In addition, the newspaper's managing editor, Fadjimba Sayon Keita, has...