US Court Awards $18 Million in Defamation Case Against A Ghanaian Politician
A US court has awarded Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas $18 million (£14 million) in damages after a jury found that former Ghanaian MP […]
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Two years in prison required for “offending” Guinean head of state
On Thursday, January 2, a two-year prison sentence was requested against Guinean opposition leader Aliou Bah, who is being tried in Conakry for “insult and […]
Dead opposition leader: Equatorial Guinea denounces European Parliament resolution
Equatorial Guinea denounced Tuesday a “propaganda campaign of defamation” by the European Parliament after a resolution accusing it of being “responsible” for the death of […]
Morocco denies spying claims, sues Forbidden Stories and Amnesty for defamation
Morocco has brought a case in France against Forbidden Stories, a media consortium of 17 papers, and Amnesty International after they published reports falsely accusing […]
Togo: Four million CFA francs sentence for the newspaper L’Alternative and its director for defamation
The bi-weekly newspaper l’Alternative and its director were sentenced on Wednesday, November 4 by the High Court to pay two million each for defamation. The […]