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Chad extends detention of RFI journalist, as lawyers denounce 'crackdown'

Campaign posters showing Chad's presidential candidates in N'Djamena on 2 May, 2024. © ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP

An RFI correspondent and a national TV journalist have been detained in Chad in a move condemned by press freedom advocates as part of a broader crackdown on dissent.

Following a further interrogation at the offices of the criminal investigation department on Saturday, journalist Olivier Monodji's custody has been extended until at least this Monday, when he will be brought before the public prosecutor of N'djamena.

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