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Journalist’s death: Businessman charged

Journalist’s death: Businessman charged

AMINDEH BLAISE ATABONG A Cameroonian businessman has been charged with complicity in torture, a spokesperson for his business group said on Saturday after he was arrested last month in connection with the murder of a prominent journalist, Martinez Zogo. Businessman Jean Pierre Amougou Belinga was transferred from a detention centre and officially charged in Kondengui prison in the capital Yaounde on Saturday, said Ines Arielle Zamo Belinga, spokesperson for his business group Groupe L'Anecdote. "Now lawyers take over," she said in a statement, without giving further details. The justice ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Zogo's mutilated…
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Cameroonian businessman arrested after journalist’s murder

Cameroonian businessman arrested after journalist’s murder

AMINDEH BLAISE ATABONG A Cameroonian businessman was arrested in connection with the murder of a prominent journalist, Martinez Zogo, whose mutilated remains were found near the capital Yaounde last month after he was abducted, the national radio station CRTV said. The case has roiled the Central African nation, with some government and security officials cited by media as suspects. The president's office said last week that several suspects had been arrested, but gave no details. Zogo, the director of private radio station Amplitude FM, was kidnapped on January 17 by unknown assailants after trying to enter a police station to escape…
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Prominent Cameroon journalist found dead after abduction

Prominent Cameroon journalist found dead after abduction

THE mutilated body of a prominent Cameroonian journalist was found near the capital Yaounde five days after he was abducted by unidentified assailants, the press union and a colleague said. Media advocates described Martinez Zogo's disappearance and death as a further sign of the perils of reporting in the African country. Zogo, the director of private radio station Amplitude FM, was kidnapped on Jan. 17 by unknown assailants after trying to enter a police station to escape his attackers, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said. Zogo had recently been talking on air about a case of alleged embezzlement involving…
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