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+ Ghana Armed Forces have pledged to investigate the harassment of a news crew by military officers at a mining site in the mineral-rich Ashanti region.
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 21 January 2021.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the harassment and assault of a news crew from Kumasi-based
LUV FM at a mining site at Manso in the mineral-rich Ashanti region of Ghana by a group of soldiers and private guards.
The crew had accompanied a government Environmental Sustainability Taskforce to report on illegal mining activities in the forest enclave on January 15, 2021.
Reporter Erastus Asare Donkor told the MFWA that the illegal miners called in some heavily-muscled men and military reinforcement to prevent his crew from filming activities at the mining settlement operated by private individuals under military and vigilante protection. He said one of the guards assaulted him and forcibly took the car keys from their driver. Another gu