Congo-Kinshasa: Journalist Jailed for Not Airing Politician's Interview

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New York — Intelligence agents in central DRC have jailed a reporter for failing to air an interview with a local politician, according to news reports and local journalists.

Manda Mutombo of Radiotélévision Nationale Congolaise was arrested Friday by Congo's National Intelligence Agency in the diamond-rich city of Kananga, 674 miles (1,085 km) southeast of the capital, Kinshasa, according to news reports and local journalists.

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