Anas Aremeyaw Anas
Ghanaian investigative journalist (born 1970)
Anas Aremeyaw Anas, better known as Anas, is a Ghanaian journalist born in the late 1970s. He utilizes his anonymity as a tool in his investigative journalism work.2
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Born 1970.1
About
Anas is a politically non-aligned multimedia journalist who specializes in print media and documentaries. He focuses on issues of human rights and anti-corruption in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa. In December 2015 Foreign Policy magazine named Anas one of 2015's leading global thinkers. In 2016 Anas had a "Best Journalist" award named after him by the Press Foundation in Ghana.
In 2018, Anas brought a defamation lawsuit against Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong. In dismissing the suit, the judge termed Anas a blackmailer. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by a vote of 3–2 in 2024.
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Companies
- Tiger Eye P. I.Founder13
Early life and education
- Date not recordedGhana School of Law3
- Date not recordedUniversity of Ghana3
- Date not recordedChristian Methodist Senior High School3
- Date not recordedUniversity of Media, Arts and Communication3
Anas is from Bimbilla in Northern Ghana and grew up in Burma Camp, a military barracks in Accra together with his two sisters. After attending Christian Methodist Senior High School in Accra, he attended the Ghana Institute of Journalism. After his degree, he turned down an opportunity to work as a reporter for the Ghanaian Times newspaper, instead choosing to join the Crusading Guide newspaper in 1998, under editor Kweku Baako Jnr.
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Career
Occupation: journalist.5
- Date not recordedFounded Tiger Eye P. I.4
Personal life
Legal issues and controversies
In 2018, Anas Aremeyaw Anas brought a defamation lawsuit against Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong. On 15 March 2023 the judge dismissed the case calling Anas a blackmailer who uses blackmail to extort money from his opponents and people he does not like. His work was described as investigative terrorism and not investigative journalism. In 2024, the Supreme Court upheld the dismissal by a 3–2 vote but declined the defendant's motion to impose his legal costs on the plaintiff.
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- 1WikidataAnas Aremeyaw Anas on Wikidata
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