{"id":36211,"date":"2025-05-15T11:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfwa.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=36211"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:05:15","slug":"april-2025-west-africa-press-freedom-report","status":"publish","type":"reports","link":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/reports\/april-2025-west-africa-press-freedom-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Silencing the Watchdogs: An April 2025 Overview of West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In April 2025, civic space in West Africa remained under considerable strain, with freedom of expression continuing to come under attack.<\/p>\n<p>A total of eleven violations were recorded across six countries, highlighting a persistent pattern of repression through arrests, detentions, media suspensions, and targeted harassment of journalists and activists.<\/p>\n<p>This report highlights the key incidents documented during the month and outlines recommendations for safeguarding press freedom and civic expression in the region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1237\" data-end=\"1444\">With support from the 11th Hour Project of The Schmidt Family Foundation, the MFWA continues to monitor and document these violations as part of efforts to promote a free and safe civic space in West Africa.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1446\" data-end=\"1478\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Access the full report <a href=\"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Freedom-of-Expression-Developments-in-West-Africa-an-April-2025-Round-Up-3.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35394,"featured_media":36214,"template":"","publication-type":[191],"report-category":[753],"report-type":[],"class_list":["post-36211","reports","type-reports","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publication-type-reports","report-category-freedom-of-expression-digital-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/36211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reports"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication-type?post=36211"},{"taxonomy":"report-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report-category?post=36211"},{"taxonomy":"report-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.mfwa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/report-type?post=36211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}