CPJ Presses Ghana to Prosecute Killers of Journalist Ahmed Suale

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has again called on the Ghanaian government to prosecute the people responsible for killing investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale. Nearly seven years after his death, no one has been held to account.

As first reported by Citi News, the press freedom group made the appeal in a Facebook post on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. In the post, it urged authorities to act on their most recent promise of justice for the slain reporter.

"CPJ calls on Ghanaian authorities to promptly deliver on their latest pledge to pursue the prosecution of anyone who attacks journalists and bring to justice those responsible for the 2019 murder of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela," the organisation said.

The CPJ campaigns for the safety and protection of journalists around the world.

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Suale worked with Tiger Eye PI and was an associate of the investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. On 16 January 2019, unidentified gunmen on motorbikes shot him dead while he was sitting in his vehicle.

John Dramani Mahama, who was then leader of the opposition, promised in 2023 to speed up investigations into the killing and to make sure those responsible faced justice. According to Citi News, he repeated that commitment after he became President in 2025.

So far, only one trial has been linked to the case. It involved a former Tiger Eye PI colleague of Suale and ended in October 2025 because of insufficient evidence, the outlet reported. Since then, no other suspects have been prosecuted over the killing.

The government restated its commitment to finding and prosecuting those behind the murder at the 30th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Media Awards on Saturday, 7 November 2026. The CPJ's renewed appeal came three days later.