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The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) warned the media against promoting illegal and violent activists from the secessionist group, the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF).
HSGF is pushing for secession from the Volta region of Ghana. The group hopes to form a country it calls Western Togoland.
On Friday, September 25, 2020, members of the group blocked the roads linking the Volta region with Accra and the eastern region.
So far, some 31 members of the group have been arrested and flown to Accra for trial. One member of the group was reportedly killed in the process and others were injured.
But GJA, in a statement signed by its president, Affail Monney, urged journalists to keep the peace and not promote violence.
According to GJA, media coverage should not promote secessionism and irredentism.
GJA also “urges the country’s political leadership and all stakeholders to cooperate, assist and facilitate a resolution of the unrest.”
Below is the full statement
