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A security guard wears a mask as a protective measure against COVID-19 disease in Accra, Ghana, on April 4, 2020. Soldiers enforcing restrictions related to the pandemic assaulted journalists in two separate incidents. (Nipah Dennis/AFP)

In Ghana, soldiers enforcing COVID-19 restrictions attack 2 journalists

April 16, 2020 5:32 PM EDT

Abuja, Nigeria, April 16, 2020 — Ghana’s military should investigate the recent attacks on the press by soldiers and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.