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Media Rights

While Egypt says it fights ‘fake news’, critics see new crackdown on free speech

September 17, 2018

In a manner the United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump dishes out his anti-media rhetoric, authorities in Egypt are taking aim at an alleged barrage of “fake news” they say is meant to sow division and undermine the rule of …

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Newspaper Editor jailed for exposing corruption in DR Congo

Wale Ajetunmobi

September 17, 2018

Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has jailed a newspaper editor who exposed corruption in the country’s Ministry of Sports.

Tharcisse Zongia, editor-in-chief of the satirical weekly newspaper, Grognon, was sentenced in absentia to one year in jail …