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Government recognises independent journalists’ group

    NAIROBI

    The Ethiopian government on Monday recognised the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists’ Association (EFJA), seven years after it was founded, news organisations reported. “Many members sacrificed themselves, others had to go into exile, some are still in jail today and others are facing legal action,” AFP quoted EFJA president Kifle Mulat as saying. Kifle said this was victory after seven years of “bitter struggle”. By the end of October last year there were eight Ethiopian journalists behind bars, most of them accused of “defamation” and others of “threatening state security”, reports say. EFJA was formed in 1992, the year after the ouster of ex-leader Mengistu Haile Mariam.

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