Manasseh Azure Awuni

Accra

Editor-in-Chief at The Fourth Estate

Award-winning Ghanaian Journalist and Writer. Speaker. Media Trainer. Nieman (@niemanfdn) Journalism Fellow at @Harvard University, 2023/2024 Academic Year.

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Articles

A tribute to Naa Ashorkor

1 week ago | manassehazure.com | Manasseh Azure Awuni

When I arrived at Peduase Valley Resort for Yvonne Nelson’s book launch, the first known face I saw was Naa Ashorkor. After we exchanged not-so-pleasant pleasantries, I told her how proud I was of her. She wasn’t used to hearing kind words from me, so she probably treated that compliment like a political promise or how I’d treat a compliment from Abdul Hayi Moomen.
Stan Dogbe, Woezor TV and the Presidential TV

2 months ago | ghstandard.com | Manasseh Azure Awuni

Some people have raised concerns over what they describe as the taking over of the state broadcaster’s role by Woezor TV, a television channel owned by the Deputy Chief of Staff in Charge of Operations at the Office of the President, Stan Xoese Dogbe. Stan Dogbe has, in a Facebook post, explained that no station house reporting from the presidency, including the state-owned GTV, has been stopped from taking live feed from the Office of the President.
Manasseh Azure Awuni: Appiah Stadium, Mahama’s gadfly and discontinued prosecutions

2 months ago | theghanareport.com | Manasseh Azure Awuni |Grace Tsotsoo Quaye

In this piece, react to the Attorney General’s response to my position that Ghanaians needed to know the reason for the mass discontinuation of criminal cases. I also address the call by some NDC foot soldiers that I must apologise to President Mahama for associating him with the “clearing agent” tag and the claim that I hate the president. (Some even say I hate northerners). 1.
Appiah Stadium, Mahama's Gadfly and Discontinued Prosecutions

2 months ago | ghstandard.com | Manasseh Azure Awuni

In this piece, react to the Attorney General’s response to my position that Ghanaians needed to know the reason for the mass discontinuation of criminal cases. I also address the call by some NDC foot soldiers that I must apologise to President Mahama for associating him with the “clearing agent” tag and the claim that I hate the president.
Cheif Clearing Agent

2 months ago | ghstandard.com | Manasseh Azure Awuni

Ghanaians deserve to know the basis for the government’s mass discontinuation of court cases against officials and associates of the previous Mahama administration. A few of the cases, such as the prosecution of the Democracy Hub protesters, raised concerns among many Ghanaians. One may not be surprised that those charges are dropped. A majority of the cases, however, border on corruption and charges of causing financial loss to the state.
Linda Ocloo is Courting Currption, not Solution

2 months ago | ghstandard.com | Manasseh Azure Awuni

Dear Linda Ocloo,The Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo Markin, is widely quoted in media reports as saying that the Appointments Committee of Parliament did not ask you any questions at your vetting because the committee was begged on your behalf. The reason for the begging was that you could not stand scrutiny, so the committee gave you a pass, and Parliament subsequently approved your nomination as the Minister for the Greater Accra Region.
Naa Ahorkor: If you breathed your last today, I would write this - Manasseh Azure Awuni

2 months ago | ghstandard.com | Manasseh Azure Awuni

When I arrived at Peduase Valley Resort for Yvonne Nelson’s book launch, the first known face I saw was Naa Ashorkor. After we exchanged not-so-pleasant pleasantries, I told her how proud I was of her. She wasn’t used to hearing kind words from me, so she probably treated that compliment like a political promise or how I’d treat a compliment from Abdul Hayi Moomen.
Goldmines and Landmines: Manasseh’s open letter to President Mahama

Jan 23, 2025 | theghanareport.com | Manasseh Azure Awuni |Grace Tsotsoo Quaye

Dear President John Dramani Mhama, Accept my congratulations on your emphatic victory in the 2024 presidential election and your rebound as president of our republic. It is early days yet, and experience has taught me to tame my excitement over the positive signs of your administration.
Despotic regimes can birth great journalism

Dec 9, 2024 | theghanareport.com | Manasseh Azure Awuni |Sandra Adei Djanie

On Oct. 28, 2024, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a policy to “restrict U.S. visas for any individual responsible for undermining democracy in Ghana.” The announcement came in advance of Ghana’s presidential and parliamentary elections, slated for Dec. 7. I supported that policy against those who undermine democracy — including freedom of the press, one of democracy’s cardinal tenets — in Ghana. But a week after it was unveiled, Americans went to the polls and elected Donald Trump.
Dear America - Nieman Reports

Nov 26, 2024 | niemanreports.org | Glenda M. Gloria |Gustavo Gorriti |Manasseh Azure Awuni |Vidya Krishnan

International journalists are hearing echoes. From countries around the world that have witnessed the rise of autocratic and populist leaders, they are watching the U.S. and warning of a characteristic of wounded democracies everywhere: an endangered free press. When Donald Trump sued CBS News for $10 billion over its editing of a Kamala Harris interview, some viewed it as just another tantrum.