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Samboudian Kamara

Samboudian Kamara, a senior reporter with Senegal's state daily Le Soleil, is CPJ's West and Central Africa correspondent.

Blog | Senegal

Journalists 'rebel' at Senegal's state broadcaster

By Samboudian Kamara/CPJ Africa staff
RTS journalists protest on July 21. (Sud)

The Senegalese state-controlled radio and TV Corporation, Radio Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS), is experiencing an internal struggle for editorial freedom as Senegal moves toward a presidential election on February 26, 2012. 

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July 29, 2011 3:23 PM ET |
Tags: Abdoulaye Wade, Babacar Diagne, RTS
Blog | Benin

Benin journalists protest attacks

By Samboudian Kamara/CPJ Africa Staff
A march against the beating of Journalists covering events. (Benoit Koffi)

Six associations of media professionals in Benin rallied Tuesday in Cotonou, the capital, in a protest march against what they called "the barbarity of security forces" against journalists.

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April 14, 2011 6:13 PM ET |
Tags: Attacked, Elections, Threatened
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