(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) alert: State authorities in Guinea have banned an issue of the weekly newspaper “Jeune Afrique l’Intelligent”. According to MFWA-Guinea, court officials who carried out the seizure order on 10 December 2003 refused to give reasons for their action. The issue […]
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) alert:
State authorities in Guinea have banned an issue of the weekly newspaper “Jeune Afrique l’Intelligent”.
According to MFWA-Guinea, court officials who carried out the seizure order on 10 December 2003 refused to give reasons for their action. The issue in question (no. 2239, dated 7 to 13 December) carried an article with the headline, “Witch-Hunt in Army”, which is said to have displeased the Guinean authorities. The story documented examples of the current wave of arrests and reprisals against key opposition figures and some army officials who are perceived to oppose the third term ambitions of the president, General Lansana Conté.
In spite of the ban, vendors are reportedly secretly selling photocopies of the newspaper, in response to public demand.
