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President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's Mbochi ethnic group dominates the government, including the subservient state-owned media. As in past years, journalists from the Kongo group of ousted President Pascal Lissouba and those from the Lari group of exiled former prime minister Bernard Kolelas suffered particular discrimination. In the capital, Brazzaville, street battles raged all year between various…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260