A French journalist has been detained in Ethiopia while visiting the country for a recent African Union summitA French journalist has been detained in Ethiopia, his publisher saysNAIROBI, Kenya -- A French journalist has been detained in Ethiopia while visiting the country for a recent African Union summit, his employer said Monday. Antoine Galindo, a Paris-based correspondent for the Africa Intelligence website, was detained in the capital Addis Ababa last Thursday by plainclothes security officers, the news outlet’s publisher, Indigo Publications, said in a statement. Galindo had arrived in Ethiopia earlier this month to report on an annual African Union summit and had a visa authorising him to work as a journalist, the statement said. He has been accused of “conspiracy to create chaos in Ethiopia," the publisher said and called on the authorities to release him. Ethiopia is the second-biggest jailer of journalists in sub-Saharan Africa, CPJ said, and joined calls for Galindo’s immediate release.

Source: Ethiopian News February 26, 2024 11:35 UTC