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Arrests and murder in Somalia, Facebook fact-checking in South Africa, and questioning official statistics in Tanzania – a crime? (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 8, 2018

Africa in October: Journalist shot and killed, Tanzania's new law on statistics impacts on freedom of expression and Gambia sets up a truth and reconciliation commission, and the West Africa Conference on Investigative Journalism.
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