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Ugandan networks block The Elephant news website before election

February 4, 2021

Several Ugandan internet networks blocked Kenya-based news website The Elephant in mid-December 2020, according to the site’s publisher, John Githongo, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app in January 2021, and a report by Qurium, a non-profit foundation registered in Sweden that provides hosting services for the website. Read more at the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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African Union
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Freedom of Expression