A 31-year-old British journalist has been shot dead in Ghana where he had flown to film a documentary.

Syed Taalay Ahmed, who worked for the London-based Muslim TV channel MTA International, was killed in an armed robbery on his vehicle while returning from a filming session at about 7pm local time on Monday 23 August. He died despite being rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital.

A local Ghanian colleague, Umaru Abdul Hakim, was also shot but was being treated in hospital. Their driver was not injured.