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IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The Africa Research Bulletin:
Political, Social and Cultural Series of June 1998 states that
Le Renouveau is one of the two opposition papers suspended
for allegedly publishing an article that was "judged defamatory" to
Minister of Finance and the Economy, Yacin Elmi Bouh (13118). The
directors of the papers were reportedly given a three-month
suspended prison sentence and fined $8,500. However, the President
of the Parti de renouveau democratique (PRD), and director of
Le Renouveau, Abdillahi Hamarreth, allegedly defied the
suspension order and published an article "accusing the director of
electricity of Djibouti, Djama Ali Guelleh, for embezzling large
sums of money during negotiations for the acquisition of a new
electricity generating group." Consequently, he was reportedly
arrested on 14 May 1998 and imprisoned (ibid.). Additional and/or
corroborating information and information on the former
editors/editors-in-chief of Le Renouveau could not be
found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
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Reference
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
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