The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on February 19, 2026, convened a Media-Security Dialogue in Kumasi at the Lancaster Kumasi City Hotel to strengthen collaboration between media professionals and security agencies in Ghana.

Participants in a group photograph

The event opened with welcome remarks by Dora Boamah Mawutor, Senior Director and Head of Programmes at MFWA. This was followed by a presentation on the media-security situation in Ghana, highlighting recent data on incidents affecting journalists.

A session on lived experiences featured Nicholas Osei-Wusu of Garden City Radio, Ohemeng Tawiah of LUV FM, Gideon Nana Peprah of GhanaWeb, and Erastus Asare Donkor of Multimedia Group Limited. The discussion, facilitated by Millicent Safo-Adu of the EIB Network, provided firsthand accounts of journalists’ interactions with security agencies in the course of their work.

Representatives of the security agencies also delivered remarks on strengthening cooperation and accountability. Dr Gilbert Tietaah of the Department of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, then delivered a keynote address on the safety of journalists as a foundation for transparent and accountable governance.

Participants later engaged in breakout discussions on pathways forward for enhancing collaboration and countering impunity for attacks against journalists and media personnel. Group spokespersons presented their recommendations during plenary, followed by a Q&A session.

Dora Boamah Mawutor

This dialogue forms part of MFWA’s project on “Countering corruption through accountability journalism and improved freedom of expression environment in Ghana.” The project is part of the Participation, Accountability, Integrity for a Resilient Democracy (PAIReD) programme, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), co-financed by the European Union in Ghana and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and implemented by GIZ Ghana in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance of Ghana.

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