Ghana: Christ Apostolic [Apostle] Church leader Reverend Annor Yeboah and events leading up to the 7 December 2000 presidential election
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 29 June 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GHA37384.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Christ Apostolic [Apostle] Church leader Reverend Annor Yeboah and events leading up to the 7 December 2000 presidential election, 29 June 2001, GHA37384.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be341c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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According to Ghana Classifieds' Website, Reverend Dr. Augustine Annor-Yeboah is the acting chairman of the Christ Apostolic Church International (CACI) (26 June 2001).
No mention of the Reverend in events before the 7 December 2000 presidential election could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), editor Ebo Quansah and deputy editor Mohammed Affum of the triweekly independent paper The Ghanaian Chronicle were fined for contempt of court for failing to appear to answer libel charges filed against them by Reverend Annor-Yeboah, then secretary general of the Christ Apostolic Church (18 May 1999).
The case resulted from an article written by Affum and published in the April 14-15 edition of the newspaper. It was entitled "Bribing the Police: Rev.Annor-Yeboah style ... the Reverend ... along with one of his colleagues, filed charges against the newspaper. The plaintiffs claimed the Chronicle article was intended to prejudice another case pending before a circuit court ... The defendants were also ordered to publish a front-page apology and retraction of the article in question and to apologize to the police, judiciary, and applicants in a court-approved form. Reportedly, the defendants complied with all the court orders, including payment of the fine (ibid.).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Committee to Protect Journalists. 18 May 1999. "Ebo Quansah, Mohammed Affum, The Ghanaian Chronicle Legal Action."
Ghana Classifieds. 26 June 2001. "Change Moral Lifestyles – Annor Yeboah."
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential.
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series.
Keesing's Record of World Events.
New African.
Resource Centre. Country File. Ghana.
West Africa.
Search engines including:
Metacrawler
Mamma.
Internet sites including:
All Africa