Gabon - RWB meets President Bongo, urges him to promote media freedom

Reporters sans frontières

A Reporters Without Borders delegation led by secretary-general Christophe Deloire met with President Ali Bongo Ondimba in Libreville during a three-day visit that ended 9 February, telling him that “media freedom has made progress in Gabon but still needs a great deal of improvement.” Noting that Gabon is ranked 89th in the 2013 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index, the delegation urged the Bongo administration to “help improve both the everyday practice of journalism and the legal (...)

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