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– Media landscape in West Africa tainted by police brutality against journalists (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 17, 2018

The West African media landscape for June 2018 was tainted by the assault of journalists in the Gambia and Mali, the arbitrary detention of a journalist in Guinea and a social media activist in Burkina Faso.
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