Global Access to Information Initiative – In The News

March 5, 2012
Advancing The Rights of Access To Information (editorial)
Last week, the Carter Center and the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism (MICAT) extended their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue ongoing collaboration to promote and strengthen awareness, implementation, and compliance with the 2010 Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.

Feb. 28, 2012
GOL Commends USAID, Carter Center
Published by TheInquirer.com (Liberia).
The Government of Liberia has lauded the United States Agency for International Development(USAID) and The Carter Center for the support and work to advance the Freedom of Information as part of the government efforts to open up state bureaucracy to public scrutiny.

Dec. 5, 2011
Liberia: Deputy Micat Boss - Foi At Critical Point
Published Dec. 5, 2011, by AllAfrica.com.
The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MICAT), Norris Tweah, has said the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act is at a critical point. According to Minister Tweah, despite the passage into law of the Act by the Legislature, there is still much to be done to ensure the implementation of the legislation.

Sept. 29, 2011
Liberia: Use the FOI Law, Stakeholders Call On Citizens
Published Sept. 29, 2011, by AllAfrica.
Speakers at the celebration of the International Right To Know Day have made a collective call on ordinary Liberians and the country's civil society to make use of the Freedom of Information (FOI) law.

Sept. 16, 2011
"Secrecy Bill" Step Backwards for Africa
Published Sept. 16, 2011, by IPSNews.net.
Critics call it "the Secrecy Bill". And it comes at a time when several African countries are adopting promising new legislation on access to information. But campaigners say South Africa's draft Protection of Information Bill represents a step backwards.

Jan. 21, 2011
Liberia, Carter Center Sign MoU on Access to Information
Distributed by the African News Agency.
The Government of Liberia and the U.S-based Carter Center have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance collaboration and delineate partnership between them, APA learns here on Friday.

Feb. 10, 2010
Mail & Guardian  Information Access Affects Everyone
A worldwide movement to promote people's rights of access to information came to Africa this week. A centre set up by former United States president Jimmy Carter convened a big-guns conference in Ghana to advance the cause across the continent.

Feb. 10, 2010
PBS Using Text Messages to Combat Identity Theft in South Africa
Information access is on the move in Africa. Let me paint you a picture. The person is fictitious, but the process isn't.


Feb. 2, 2010
Ghana Web Fight Against Corruption Should Start at the Top
President John Evans Atta Mills at the week-end said that any fight against corruption should start at the leadership level, indicating that the menace often led to unpleasant results. He said it must be demonstrated that corruption should not be encouraged and the passage of anti-corruption legislation was to strengthen the ability to monitor and check the vice in society.