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Secret police frees journalist

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    Police have released Guinean journalist Aboubacar Sylla after 48 hours of detention for unspecified reasons, AFP reported family members as saying on Tuesday. Sylla, a newspaper reporter for `l'Independant', was arrested at his home early Saturday by about 10 state security police agents, AFP said quoting family sources. Police closed down the weekly newspaper on Wednesday. The paper had reported on a corruption investigation that made serious accusations against an influential member of government, AFP said. Until March, Sylla had worked as a communications adviser to former prime minister Sidya Toure.

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