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Benin authorities arrest editor over article (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 22, 2019

Authorities in Benin arrested Casimir Kpédjo, editor of newspaper Nouvelle Economie, from his home in Cotonou over an article on Benin's debt.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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