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Vol 66 No 7

Published 4th April 2025


Ghana

Populist Agyapong loses $18 million in defamation battle

Investigative journalist Anas chalks up an historic win in New Jersey court against New Patriotic Party presidential contender

A United States court has awarded Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas US$18 million in damages, including $8m in punitive damages, after ruling that populist former New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislator Kennedy Agyapong defamed him. The dispute stems from remarks made by Agyapong in 2021, following Anas’s 2018 BBC investigation into football corruption across Ghana and Africa. Anas’s documentary, Betraying the Game, was a groundbreaking exposé. Among its revelations, the film featured allegations that several high-ranking officials from the then ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), were ‘open to financial influence in exchange for official favours’.

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