The 13 journalists who worked on the West Africa Leaks face everything from threats, law suits and intimidation.

Ibrahim Mahama is a brother of the former president of Ghana, John Mahama. Ghanaian media report that Mahama, the CEO of Engineers & Planners Company Limited, is under investigation by Ghana's economic and organized crimes office for allegedly issuing bad checks. In 2016, Ghanaian authorities took Mahama's company to court for allegedly not paying social security payments to staff; the case was later settled.