Congolese police raided the privately owned television production studio Kin Lartus, detained at least 10 of the studio’s journalists, and seized equipment, according to Kin Lartus journalists and a local, independent press freedom group. The Committee to Protect Journalists today urged authorities to return confiscated materials and cease its campaign of[Read More…]
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Guinea Bissau Gets New World Bank Resident Representative
Amadou Oumar Ba, a Mauritanian national, has been appointed as World Bank Resident Representative for Guinea Bissau. Mr. Ba, Senior Agricultural Specialist, joined the Bank in 2001 in Nouakchott. Prior to that, he has held various positions with GTZ, the German cooperation agency, the Mauritanian Government’s rural development institution where he[Read More…]
Somali Cameraperson Shot Dead In Mogadishu
Authorities in Somalia should rigorously investigate the killing of Abdirizak Kasim Iman, a cameraperson for the privately owned SBS TV, who was shot dead in Mogadishu on the afternoon of July 26, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Abdirizak was shot when he tried to pass through a checkpoint near a[Read More…]
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