By AFPMore by this AuthorCairo,Egypt has accused four staff of Turkey's state news agency Anadolu whom it arrested of spreading "false news" and working with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. It published the full names of those arrested -- three Egyptian journalists and one Turkish citizen who handled the office's finances. RIVALRYThe Turkish and Egyptian governments are fierce rivals, since Ankara strongly supported Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood administration that was overthrown by a military ouster in 2013. The United States, an ally of both Turkey and Egypt, said it had seen news reports on the raid and arrests. "Authorities must immediately release the Anadolu News Agency staffers arrested yesterday and stop using false news charges to harass and silence the media," CPJ added.

Source: Daily Nation January 16, 2020 13:18 UTC