Nigeria, June 10 -- When Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama took office in January 2025, pledging to restore "an era of true media freedom," journalists had reason to hope that attacks on the press would be taken more seriously than before.

But during Mr Mahama's tenure, CPJ has documented eight separate incidents in which at least 17 journalists were attacked with almost complete impunity. Police, firefighters, and soldiers attacked eight of the journalists, while illegal miners and unidentified people attacked nine others.

"We need justice," said reporter Samuel Addo, who was attacked by firefighters on 5 January while filming the aftermath of a market fire. "We are not safe."

CPJ spoke with journalists involved in each incident t...