P1 - The Murder of Ahmed Divela

<p><strong>Part 1: <em>"Ahmed was no coward".</em></strong></p><p>On World Press Freedom Day (3rd May) 2018, the Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, took to the stage in Accra to deliver a speech on press freedom. Ghana, had long been a beacon for press freedom and was selected to host the celebrations.</p><p>Just a few weeks later, TigerEye PI, the world famous undercover investigative unit led by Anas Aremeyaw Anas released their latest investigation, Number 12, which looked at corruption in professional football.</p><p>Around the same time, an MP, who disapproved of the methods of TigerEye PI, outed one of its undercover journalists, Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, live on air by showing his picture and calling for him to be attacked.</p><p>A few months later Ahmed was shot and killed in a targeted assassination on the streets of Madina in Accra.</p><p>In these two episodes we will tell the story of Ahmed, his death, what it means for press freedom in Ghana and how the commercialisation of violence is a perfect opportunity for organized crime. </p><p><strong>Speaker(s):</strong></p><p>Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Multi-award winning Ghanaian Investigative Journalist and founder of the TigerEye PI, an investigative organisation in Ghana – famous motto “name, shame and jail”.</p><p>Jonathan Rozen, Senior Africa researcher at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)</p><p><strong>Additional Reading:</strong></p><p><a href="https://assassination.globalinitiative.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Assassination Witness Project</a></p><p><a href="https://assassination.globalinitiative.net/face/ahmed-divela/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ahmed Divela - Faces of Assassination</a></p><p><a href="https://assassination.globalinitiative.net/monitor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Global Assassination Monitor</a></p><p><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/RippleEffectGITOC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ripple Effect: the impact of contract killings (Podcast)</a></p><p>Committee to Pro