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Russia sets up base in Ghana to influence American election?

13 March 2020 6:25am

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Global media organisation, CNN, has claimed in a documentary that Russia is attempting to use Ghana to influence the elections in the US.

Seth Wiredu, seen here in a frame from a hidden camera video, said he had no idea why his offices were raided by Ghanaian security forces. — Seth Wiredu, seen here in a frame from a hidden camera video, said he had no idea why his offices were raided by Ghanaian security forces.

The documentary, produced by Clarissa Ward, was filmed in Ghana, with the help from Facebook and Twitter, who had already been investigating some of these accounts.

The supposed residence where the Russian affiliated organisation was based

According to the report, the outcome corroborated CNN's findings that Russia is once again trying to influence America's democracy.

Watch more from the documentary below.

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