Congo Journalist Detained for Report Related to Murder Probe
- Jeune Afrique, Reuters reporter Bujakera detained since Friday
- Bujakera held for propogating false information: Jeune Afrique
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One of Democratic Republic of Congo’s most-prominent journalists was detained by police amid an investigation into the assassination of a top opposition politician, according to an association representing reporters for France’s Jeune Afrique.
Stanis Bujakera, a Jeune Afrique correspondent, was arrested Friday at the airport in the capital, Kinshasa, and is accused of allegedly spreading false information about the killing of Cherubin Okende Senga in a story by the agency in August, the association said in its statement Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter. Police confiscated his phones and computer.