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Even before the friendly hostilities between the Black Stars of Ghana and their Angola counterparts is enacted in the Quarter-finals of the Orange 2010 Angola Africa Cup of Nations, security operatives in the host nation are hard at work trying to instill the fear of God in their opponents. Peacefmonline.com can confirm that a Ghanaian journalist, Fiifi Tackie, an employee of Radio Gold, a private radio station based in Accra, has been brutally assaulted by Angolan state security officials, in the full glare of officials. The Angolans are hosting the 27th African Nations Cup tournament and as such, they will have the crowd behind them at the beautiful 11th November Stadium in Luanda, but it seems the task before them is daunting, as is evidenced in the off-the-pitch tactics they have embarked on. According to Steve Ansah Bekoe a.k.a �Starboy�, Peacefm and Hellofm�s reporter in Angola, Fiifi and some other Ghanaian journalists were just about to use Le President Meridien hotel�s lift to a conference room, where the management team of the Black Stars were scheduled to hold a press conference, when they were accosted by the police. Despite having their accreditation cards on them, the Angolan police refused to allow them entry. And even as their vain protests continued, the Angolan police became violent and started shoving and physically manhandling them. The other journalists, fearful of what was likely to ensue, took to their heels when the opportunity presented itself, but the Radio Gold reporter was unlucky and was pummeled beyond measure.