A Zimbabwean freelance reporter working for the New York Times was on Tuesday convicted and fined after he was accused of obtaining fake accreditation documents for two of the U.S. newspaper’s journalists on a visit. Jeffrey Moyo, a 37-year-old Zimbabwean, spent three weeks in jail last year and his trial …
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Two more journalists have been detained in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, increasing the number of reporters and media workers jailed since last week to 13, the BBC reported. The move has been seen by some as a crackdown on critical voices. The arrests have coincided with the launching of …
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