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– #FreeAhmedAbba: Committee calls for release of RFI reporter in Cameroon (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 21, 2017

RSF and other NGOs have formed a committee to press calls for the release of RFI correspondent Ahmed Abba, who was given a 10 year jail term for reporting on Boko Haram.
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