Prominent Journalist Found Dead After abduction By Unknown gunmen

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The mutilated body of Martinez Zogo, a prominent Cameroonian journalist was discovered on Sunday, January 22, 2023 near Yaounde, five days after he was kidnapped, the press union and a colleague said on Sunday.

 

 

Zogo, the director of private radio station Amplitude FM, was abducted on January 17,2023 by unknown assailants after trying to enter a police station to escape his attackers.

 

 

Zogo had recently been talking on air about a case of alleged embezzlement involving a media outlet with government connections.

 

 

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“Cameroonian media has just lost one of its members, a victim of hatred and barbarism,” Cameroon’s journalists’ trade union said in a statement.

“Where is the freedom of the press, freedom of opinion and freedom of expression in Cameroon when working in the media now entails a mortal risk?”

His colleague, Charlie Amie Tchouemou, editor-in-chief of Amplitude FM, confirmed Zogo’s death and his abduction.

The incident is the latest in a string of attacks against journalists in Cameroon.

 

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Media advocates described Martinez Zogo’s disappearance and death as a further sign of the perils of reporting in the African country.

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