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Gabon suspends 20 NGOs which criticised government
Source: Copyright 2008, Reuters
Date: January 10, 2008
Byline: Antoine Lawson
Original URL: Status ONLINE
Gabon's interior minister has suspended 20 non-government organisations after
they criticised the way in which state resources were being spent in the
oil-producing central African country.
Interior Minister Andre Mba Obame said four coalitions made up of
anti-corruption, anti-poverty and environmental campaign groups had been
temporarily banned for interfering in the country's politics.
"They have stepped outside their legal framework and seem to have made the
mistake of crossing into the field of party politics," Obame said late on
Wednesday.
"These coalitions are provisionally suspended from operating until they have
clearly redefined with the interior ministry the real missions of their
associate structures," he said.
The coalitions -- which include the Gabonese branch of the international Publish
What You Pay campaign -- issued a lengthy statement on Wednesday criticising the ...
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