Kabral Blay-Amihere

Kabral Blay-Amihere (* 1953 in Ekwe, Western Region , Ghana ) is a Ghanaian journalist and diplomat in retirement .

education

Blay-Amihere studied history and sociology and completed a postgraduate course in journalism and communication studies at the University of Ghana . In July 1987, he received advanced training at the Chair of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science .

Career

In 1981 he was director of the Ghana Institute of Journalism, the first journalism school in West Africa. He was employed by several newspapers. In 1989 the Ghanaian government reformed the press law, the licensing requirement for newspapers was lifted, and Kabral Blay-Amihere founded the daily newspaper The Independent in Accra . He was President of the Ghana Journalists Association and later the West African Journalists Association . He became a member of the board of directors of the Commonwealth Journalists' Association and the International Federation of Journalists. He was a founding member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, based in Washington, and a member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange , based in Ottawa . In 1981 he was voted Ghanaian Journalist of the Year. The National Association of Black Journalists awarded him an award named after Percy Qoboza for his contribution to the fight for freedom of the press and democracy. From October 2001 to 2005 he was High Commissioner in Freetown ( Sierra Leone ). From 2006 to 2009 he was ambassador to Abidjan ( Ivory Coast ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ghana Missions Abroad. (pdf) 2001, p. 294 , archived from the original on June 17, 2016 ; accessed on June 17, 2016 (English). 

predecessor	Office	successor
1975; 1979; Michael Kweku Gbagonah; Colonel	Ghanaian High Commissioner in Freetown ( Sierra Leone ) 2001-October 2005	Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi
	Ghanaian ambassador in Abidjan ( Ivory Coast ) 2006–2009	July 18, 2014 Peter Augustine Blay