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Anas Aremeyaw Anas : We don’t care you are journalists. The rule is simple. We will kill you

Anas Aremeyaw Anas : We don’t care you are journalists. The rule is simple. We will kill you

FromThe Line of Fire with Ramita Navai


Anas Aremeyaw Anas : We don’t care you are journalists. The rule is simple. We will kill you

FromThe Line of Fire with Ramita Navai

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Jun 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ramita interviews Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Africa’s most famous journalist whose work has been cited by former US President Barack Obama, calling Anas “a courageous journalist who risked his life to report the truth".   Anas discusses the extraordinary lengths he takes working undercover in order to expose high-level corruption - in fact, few people know Anas’s true identity, as he lives in constant fear of being killed for his work.    Anas talks about the murder of his closest partner, Ahmed Suale, following their investigation into corruption within African football. He also recounts posing as a brothel cleaner for seven months to bring down a Chinese sex mafia, and being hospitalised as a psychiatric patient while investigating a drug cartel.    Anas has escaped death many times, including when villagers in Malawi mistook him for a witch doctor who had been killing locals for body parts, and having his cover blown in the Ivory Coast.    Show Notes: Watch Anas’s BBC documentary Betraying the Game   Also watch Anas’s BBC documentary Malawi’s Human Harvest   Follow Anas on Twitter @anasglobal
Released:
Jun 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (11)

What can facing death and danger teach us about humanity and the world we live in, and what wisdom can be learned from working in war zones? In every episode, foreign correspondent Ramita Navai, renowned for seeking the ‘story behind the story’, talks to a fellow war reporter about the life-changing moment they faced death. As guests recount jaw-dropping stories, many never told before of kidnap and danger, they explore how the experience forever altered their outlook, and what it revealed about the way the world really works - the good and the bad. Subscribe for latest episodes and please rate and review @ramitanavai Twitter @senoritaramita Insta http://www.ramitanavai.com @aurrastudios Twitter, Insta, Facebook, LinkedIn Aurra Studios https://aurrastudios.com/the-line-of-fire/ (show notes and transcripts) Presented by Ramita Navai Executive Producers Richard Osman and Matt Raz Produced and edited by Chris Scott (@ctscott_)