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Journalist Serge Mathurin Adou released after two years in Niger

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Ivorian journalist Serge Mathurin Adou was released on 11 November 2026 in Niger after two years in prison for undermining state security. He had been accused of taking part in an attempted destabilisation involving Burkinabè officials, according to RFI.

Ivorian journalist Serge Mathurin Adou was released on Wednesday 11 November in Niger after two years in detention, according to RFI. He had been convicted of undermining state security following conspiracy allegations from neighbouring Burkina Faso.

After a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso, the Burkinabè government had said that Serge Mathurin Adou was involved in an attempted destabilisation coordinated by former Burkinabè president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, with the help of Burkinabè military officers and ministers, according to RFI.

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