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– West Africa round-up: Hope for The Gambia, police crack down on Nigerian media & more (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 8, 2017

January 2017 witnessed a number of freedom of expression developments in West Africa – from a stormy political transition in The Gambia that saw the exit the "King of Impunity," to the lifting of media sanctions in Benin, and more.
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