West Africa: MFWA Condemns Attack On Journalist By Security Agents, Opposition Supporters

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the assault on JoyNews journalist, Latif Iddrisu, by security agents and supporters of Ghana’s opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in Accra.

On May 27, 2025, Iddrisu was reporting live from the premises of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), where NPP supporters had gathered to protest the arrest of the party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.

While covering…