Kabral Blay-Amihere is

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journalist and diplomat. He is currently the Chairman of the National Media Commission of Ghana, a constitutional body charged with promoting a free and responsible press in his country.

Early life

Kabral was born at Ekwe, a village in the

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. At age 28, he became the director of the

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Education

Kabral attended St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast). He is an alumnus of the

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, Legon, the

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and is a

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. He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in civil law by the

University of Sierra Leone The University of Sierra Leone is the name of the former unitary public university system in Sierra Leone. Established in February 1827, it is the oldest university in Africa. As of May 2005, the University of Sierra Leone was reconstituted int ...

in 2007

Career

He previously served as Ghana's High Commissioner to Sierra Leone (2001-2005) and Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire (2006-2009). He worked as a journalist for 25 years before his transition to the world of diplomacy. During this period, he edited a number of publications in Ghana and was publisher/editor at The Independent, established in 1989. He also contributed to several international publications. He was at one time general secretary and president of the

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, president of the West African Journalists Association and executive member of both the Commonwealth Journalists Association and the International Federation of Journalists. A former director of the

and part-time lecturer at

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References

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