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12 private publications banned

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    The Ethiopian government has banned 12 private weeklies on financial grounds, the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists' Association (EFJA) said, according to AFP. An EFJA statement voiced concern over a perceived clampdown on the free press. "The step taken by the government in this direction would only be to the detriment of the democratisation process in the country," the statement said. The banned papers were named as 'Genanaw', 'Meyisaw', 'Tarik', 'Zeggabi', 'Kiker', 'Atlanta', 'Cantona', 'Fiker', 'Kal Kidane', 'Madonna', 'Right' and 'Hikma'.

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