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January 22, 2019

Ghana: Journalist Killed After Lawmaker Calls for His Attack
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Meanwhile in Ghana, gunmen shot and killed journalist and documentary
filmmaker Ahmed Hussein-Suale in a suburb of the capital Accra
Wednesday. The undercover reporter, who helped expose corruption in
soccer, was recently targeted by a Ghanaian lawmaker and member of the
ruling New Patriotic Party who revealed the journalist's identity on
television and told viewers to attack him.


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