📰 Media & Journalism Aug 13, 2026 · CPJ Staff

Gabon’s online news outlet Info241 suspended for publishing allegations about president

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Dakar, August 13, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Gabonese authorities to reinstate the privately owned news site Info241, which was suspended by the country’s media regulator for relaying comments by an influencer about President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema and his entourage.



“Deciding to shut down a 13-year-old media outlet is more an act of censorship than of regulation and deprives the Gabonese public of a major source of information,” said Moussa Ngom, CPJ’

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