Congo-Brazzaville: Republic of Congo Expels Another Journalist From the Country

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Abuja — The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Congolese authorities' decision to expel a Cameroonian journalist from the country. Elie Smith, who was attacked in his home in September, is the second journalist whom authorities have expelled from the Republic of Congo in a week.

Police on Friday went to Smith's office in the capital, Brazzaville, and ordered him to leave the country, citing an expulsion order signed by the interior minister forbidding him from returning to the Congo, according to news reports. The police accused Smith of unspecified seditious and subversive acts and comments and of working against the interest of the government in favor of foreign powers, news reports said. Smith works for the pro-government broadcaster MNTV, which is owned by Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso's brother.

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