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The bloodstained jacket of journalist Ohemeng Tawiah is shown. Armed men attacked Tawiah with stones and machetes after he and his camera operator joined a police team investigating allegations of illegal mining at a site in Ghana’s northern Ashanti region on December 20, 2024. (Photo: Courtesy of Tawiah)

No accountability after Ghanaian journalists attacked while covering illegal mining investigation

Abuja, February 6, 2025—Armed men, some wearing military camouflage, attacked journalist Ohemeng Tawiah with stones and machetes on December 20, 2024, after Tawiah and his camera operator, Joseph Kusi, joined a police team investigating allegations of illegal mining at a site in Ghana’s northern Ashanti region.  Tawiah told CPJ he provided police with a written…

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