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Investigative Journalist Who Exposed Soccer Corruption in Ghana Shot Dead
By Associated Press January 17, 2019
ACCRA, Ghana — An investigative journalist whose work exposed deep-rooted corruption in African soccer and led to the downfall of a member of the sport’s high-powered FIFA Council was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike, police said Thursday.
Ahmed Hussein-Suale was killed Wednesday night, with reports saying he was shot twice in the chest and once in the neck as he drove in a suburb of the capital, Accra.
Hussein-Suale was part of a reporting team led by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, a renowned investigative journalist in Ghana who has used undercover television documentaries to expose corruption, most recently in soccer.
Read more at: https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/01/17/ahmed-hussein-suale-ghana-investigative-journalist-shot-dead-soccer-corruption (https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/01/17/ahmed-hussein-suale-ghana-investigative-journalist-shot-dead-soccer-corruption)