Niger bans newspaper for its reporting on rebels
By Leah McBride Mensching, Monday 2 July 2007 at 04:59 :: Press Freedom & Laws :: #21 :: rss
Niger authorities have banned the fortnightly Air Info newspaper for three months and given formal warnings to three others for “demoralising” troops by reporting on rebel attacks in the northern part of the country.
The country's state communication council (CSC), which regulates media in the nation, issued formal warnings to three weekly newspapers in the capital Niamey. Evenement, Liberation and Opinions were all charged with inciting violence and demoralising government forces. Air Info is based in the town Agadez, in the heart of the rebel region in the north. Its latest edition was dedicated to covering an attack by the rebel group Niger Movement for Justice, which killed 15 soldiers and took dozens hostage late last month in Tazerzait, a settlement in the Sahara desert near Malia and Algeria.
Source: Reuters
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