Ghana police arrest 49 as high cost of living triggers street protests | Features

Accra, Ghana – At least 49 persons were arrested in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Thursday as the police tried to prevent protesters trying to storm the seat of government – Jubilee House – on Thursday over a lingering economic crisis.

The police, according to eyewitnesses, physically assaulted the protesters who had gathered in their red and black attires to show anger over hardship in the West African country. Some journalists were also picked up and later released.

“They forced us into a waiting bus and physically assaulted us at the police station. I had a cut on my left arm,”…