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Niger: Journalist Kaka Goni arrested in Niger over Covid-19 report

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Kaka Touda, an independent journalist who publishes news reports on his Facebook and Twitter pages, In Niger’s capital Niamey, was arrested for his social media post about a suspected Coronavirus case in a local hospital, which filed a complaint against him. The hospital said in the complaint that the March 4 social media post posed a threat to law and order.

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