Cameroonian journalists arrested for covering opposition gathering (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 31, 2019

Two journalists from privately owned Cameroonian daily newspaper Le Jour were arrested while covering a gathering of opposition party members in the city of Douala.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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