Mali expels visiting French reporter

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A week after announcing it will become harder for foreign reporters to obtain press accreditation, the Malian authorities have expelled a French journalist within 24 hours of his arrival in the country. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the unprecedented expulsion and the use of an administrative pretext to prevent this journalist from working.

Benjamin Roger, a reporter who has been covering the Sahel region for the past decade, arrived in Bamako, the Malian capital, late on the night 6 February, was arrested at his hote

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