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Bittersweet month for Africa: release of journalists, new initiatives to tackle information pollution, but internet shutdown in Benin and Bobi Wine arrested and charged (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 3, 2019

Journalists in Mozambique released, democracy undermined as Beninese head to polls, Bobi Wine in court, innovative ideas to tackle disinformation ahead of South African elections, the dangers of being a journalist in Nigeria, and targeting of environmental activists.
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