US Court cuts $18 million defamation payout to Ghanaian journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas

A US court has significantly reduced the defamation payout awarded to Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, slashing it from $18 million to $500.

The original damages were ordered by a jury in March after finding that former Ghanaian MP Kennedy Agyapong had defamed Anas by branding him a “criminal” and linking him to the 2019 murder of fellow journalist Ahmed Suale. The defamatory remarks were made during a podcast…