Congo-Kinshasa: Former Minister Sues Congolese Journalist for Quoting NGO Report

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the withdrawal of criminal defamation proceedings against a journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo who quoted an NGO report linking a former transport minister to the possible misuse of a public transport company’s funding. The journalist was just doing his job, RSF said.

Radio France Internationale correspondent Pascal Mulegwa has been summoned to appear before a Kinshasa court today in the defamation case brought against him by Senator José Makila, a former transport minister, over Mulegwa’s story for RFI on 20 September quoting the NGO’s claim that Makila may have channelled the transport company’s funds into his senatorial election campaign.

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