Alerts | Verbal attack or intimidation by authorities

Radio station manager and journalist assaulted by Ghanian army officer during Covid-19 lockdown

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Yussif Abdul Ganiyu, general manager of Zuria FM and a correspondent for DW’s Hausa programme, was allegedly verbally and physically assaulted by female army officer working with the team enforcing the Covid-19 lockdown. The officer told Ganiyu that his radio station had reported the misbehaviour of army officers.

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