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"Critical" newspaper suspended

    NAIROBI

    The National Press Council (NPC) this week announced the suspension of the Tuesday edition of an independent Arabic daily, 'al-Rai al-Aam', following the publication of an article critical of the police. News reports said the suspension announced by the official daily, 'al-Anbaa' followed a complaint from the public order police of defamation by the newspaper. An article in the paper had alleged "excesses" by the public order police in their work to force people to conform to the ideals of Islam as prescribed by the Bashir government.

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