Highlights: Ghana: investigation into the assassination of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale at a standstill. Aged 31 when he was shot and killed in January 2019, Ahmed Suale was investigating corruption cases. Four suspects were arrested at the start of the investigation in 2019, before being released for lack of evidence. The journalists' defense organization Reporters Without Borders is calling on the authorities to finally shed light on this assassination. Shortly before his death, a deputy from the presidential party had openly threatened him.

The investigation into the assassination of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale continues. This is what the Attorney General said in response to questions from several deputies on Tuesday February 20. Age…

Ghana: investigation into the assassination of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale at a standstill

The investigation into the assassination of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale continues.

This is what the Attorney General said in response to questions from several deputies on Tuesday February 20.

Aged 31 when he was shot and killed in January 2019, Ahmed Suale was investigating corruption cases.

Four suspects were arrested at the start of the investigation in 2019, before being released for lack of evidence.

The journalists' defense organization Reporters Without Borders is calling on the authorities to finally shed light on this assassination.

Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale was shot and killed in 2019. (illustrative image) Hussein-Suale Family/Handout

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During a session in Parliament earlier this week, the Ghanaian Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, affirmed that no criminal prosecution had been initiated

more than five years after the facts

, and this, lack of elements in the investigators' file.

He nevertheless assured that the investigation was continuing and that the assassins would be tried.

Ahmed Hussein-Suale was killed by two men on a motorbike as he left his home in Madina, a suburb of Accra, one evening in January 2019. He was investigating corruption cases within the investigative collective “Tiger Eye” and notably revealed embezzlement in the world of football, involving dozens of high-ranking African officials.

Shortly before his death, a deputy from the presidential party had openly threatened him.

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The director of Reporters Without Borders in West Africa, Sadibou Marong, denounces “

a deterioration in the working conditions of journalists in Ghana in recent years

”.

He fears that impunity will encourage a phenomenon of self-censorship among journalists.

Ghana has lost nearly 40 places in five years in the press freedom rankings established by Reporters Without Borders.

Ghana: investigation into the assassination of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale at a standstill

Ghana: investigation into the assassination of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale at a standstill

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