Government ban on RFI lifted after 3 months

NIGER:

June 12, 2008
Posted July 24, 2008

Original alert: March 13, 2008Radio France Internationale
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French broadcaster Radio France Internationale resumed FM broadcasts in Niger following a three-month suspension imposed by Niger authorities in March, according to news reports.

The station had been banned from the airwaves over a series of programs in support of RFI correspondent Moussa Kaka, who has been jailed in Niger since September 2007.

June 12, 2008 12:00 PM ET |

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