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Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka is alive and being detained

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Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka is alive and being detained

Niger’s Justice Minister, Alio Daouda, confirmed that journalist Moussa Kaka, missing since 31 August, is alive and being detained. He said on 25 September that the journalist would face charges before the courts, but the authorities have not specified where he is being held or what he is accused of, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka is alive and being detained, Justice and Human Rights Minister Alio Daouda told Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday 6 October. A former RFI correspondent and director of Radio Télévision Saraounia, Kaka disappeared on 31 August.

The confirmation followed a statement by Alio Daouda on 25 September, during Niger’s Universal Periodic Review before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. His family had had no news of him since his disappearance, Guinee360 reports. Moussa Kaka’s family had reported that they had received no news.

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