West Africa: Social Media Influencer Arrested for Making False Claims Against President

On July 10, 2026, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service arrested 43-year-old social media influencer, Camilla Alhassan, over claims she made on TikTok about Ghana’s president.

In a series of videos posted on TikTok, between June 30 and July 5, 2026, Alhassan claimed President John Dramani Mahama had sacrificed 32 cows to secure political power, and alleged that the government’s initiative to distribute sanitary pads to victims of the June 29 flood was intended to…