Investigative journalism silenced across Africa due to threats of murder, criminal attacks by hired gangsters – Prof. Karikari laments

Celebrated Ghanaian media guru, Prof. Kwame Karikari has lamented how the work of the media in Ghana and across the continent has been affected by the retrogression of democracy in Africa. According to the professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, the media rsquo;s function in exacting accountability and transparency in governance and in public life has become the main target of attacks on press freedom.