Ghana reform activist killed by unknown mob

A leading anti-corruption activist in Ghana was killed by an unknown mob this week. Kaaka Muhammed, popularly known as “Kaaka”, was thought to have been killed following an anti-government rant on social media. The killing sparked protests in otherwise stable Ghana. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Ghanaian journalist Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman about the killing and what’s happened since.

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