Congo - Congolese authorities expel troublesome journalist

Reporters without borders

Sadio Kante Morel, a freelance journalist who has been in the government's sights for months, was expelled from the Republic of Congo on the night of 22 September on the spurious grounds that she is not Congolese and was residing in the country illegally. In the Malian capital of Bamako, where she has found refuge, Kante Morel said she is the victim of an act of injustice. As someone born in the Congolese capital of Brazzaville, she automatically has Congolese citizenship. “Was this a (...)

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