Guinea: Editor And Newspaper Suspended for One Month Following Publication of Article That is "Likely to Affect the Honour of the Army"

Media Foundation for West Africa (Accra)

31 October 2007

On October 2007, Mady Conde, associate managing editor of "La Nouvelle", a bi-monthly independent Conakry-based newspaper, was banned from engaging in any journalistic activity for one month by the National Communication Council (CNC), a media regulatory authority.