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Dos Santos named as “enemy” of the media

    JOHANNESBURG

    Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos as been named by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as one of the world’s 10 worst enemies of the media. The list which was released to mark world press freedom day on Wednesday also included Sierra Leonean rebel leader, Foday Sankoh, and Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

    The CPJ said: “Press freedom is virtually nonexistent in war-torn Angola, where a crackdown on independent journalism goes hand-in-hand with government-sponsored disinformation campaigns.”

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