Faustin Bambou, the editor of the privately-owned weekly Les Collines de l'Oubangui in the Central African Republic, has been sentenced to six months on charges of libel, insult and "incitement to revolt" because of an article accusing two ministers of taking kickbacks from the French energy company, Areva. Bambou is to appeal. (Via AllAfrica.com)
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