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Top U.S. Diplomat for Africa Warns Against Using Pandemic to Suppress Media

Top U.S. Diplomat for Africa Warns Against Using Pandemic to Suppress Media

As Liberian media outlets enter a standoff with the government over passes issued to journalists to move around freely during the lockdown, the U.S. assistant secretary for Africa, Tibor Nagy, has warned governments against using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to suppress media outlets.

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