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Guinea - Minister closes radio station, blocks new TV station

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by communication minister Togba Césaire Kpoghomou's decision on 18 July to close Liberté FM, a radio station based in N'Zérékoré, a southeastern city that has seen inter-ethnic clashes during the past week. The minister has also refused to give the green light to Espace TV, a privately-owned TV station that was to have begun broadcasting on 30 July. The ministry has not offered an explanation for either of these two cases of censorship. “The suspension of (...)

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