Ghana to host IFEX meeting next year

Ghana has been selected to host the next annual general meeting of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) next year.

A statement issued by Mr. Kabral Blay-Amihere, President of the West African Journalist Association (WAJA), said the meeting would bring together over 100 journalists from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, the Caribbean and the Pacific.

IFEX is an international network of human rights organisations, writers and journalists associations and is committed to the promotion and defence of freedom of expression worldwide.

The statement said, (WAJA) and Ghana won the bid to host the next meeting at IFEX's annual general meeting, which took place in Bangkok on June 3 this year.

It said Mrs. Gifty Affenyi-Dadzie, President of the Ghana Journalist Association viewed the selection of Ghana, as a venue for the event, as a reflection of the improvement of journalism in the country.

She said the event would provide a good occasion for broadening the international horizon of press freedom.