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Alexander Afenyo-Markin Kofi Yeboah Writes, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament, is a desperate man seeking to undress the media for not helping him to wear his title. He openly confronts some journalists and media houses recently, almost swallowing them for not hallowing him as the ‘Majority Leader’ in Parliament. But on this motion, the Effutu Member of Parliament (MP) is absolutely out of order, and, happily, his targets of attack have been resolute and unruffled. If Afenyo-Markin, a lawyer and lawmaker, finds it vexatious or grievous that journalists or media houses are denigrating his status by not addressing him as ‘Majority Leader’, he may rush to court and speedily secure an injunction against the unrepentant lot, or hurl them to the Privileges Committee of Parliament, or file a complaint against them at the National Media Commission (NMC), or exercise his constitutional right to rejoinder, or sue them for defamation. Instea

A staggering 1653 journalists were killed across the world between 1993 and 2023   Kofi Yeboah Writes From Addis Ababa, GLOBAL media actors have urged the Judiciary to deal swiftly and decisively with perpetrators of crimes against journalists in order to curb such impunity. Speakers at a two-day meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to commemorate this year’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, were unanimous that prosecution and conviction of persons involved in crimes against journalists would ensure deterrence and curb the impunity. The Editor and Publisher of The Daily Star in Bangladesh, Mahfuz Anam, said the Judiciary was not doing enough to support the cause of ending impunity for crimes against journalists. According to him, when journalists are killed and attacked but no convictions are made, the perpetrators are emboldened to continue the impunity. Mr Anam said in a world where democracy was failing to yield its dividends, journalism pr