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Mauritius: Press freedom slipping away

Written byNdesanjo Macha
Posted 8 February 2011 13:58 GMT

Mauritius is no longer a shinning light for press freedom in Africa: “Mauritius is cited today as one of the few havens of press freedom in Africa, but for Raj Meetarbhan, left, editor-in-chief of the island's largest newspaper L'Express, the country is fast losing its glow.”

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