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Djibouti, Somaliland
IOG wants to silence his critics

With the presidential election looming ahead in 2011, the President of Djibouti wants to neutralise the foreign media which have in the past been very critical of him. [...]

Published on 23.10.2010 at 22:03 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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