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– Publishers of Ghana's "Daily Post" newspaper ordered to pay US$180,000 in defamation suit (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 5, 2017

An Accra High Court has ordered the publishers of the Daily Post newspaper and its editor, Michael Dokosi, to pay an amount of GHC 800,000 (US$180,000) to a former Minister of State.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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