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February 18, 2021 Share
The expulsion of a British journalist from Mozambique is part of a wider crackdown on independent reporting in the southern African country amid a bloody conflict that threatens the government’s plans for developing natural gas deposits, media observers say.
Tom Bowker, founder and editor of the Mozambique-focused website Zitamar News, said Tuesday on Twitter that authorities had expelled and banned him from the country for 10 years.
The expulsion follows a monthslong ordeal in which authorities said Zitamar was not properly registered. But media researchers and Bowker say they believe Mozambique’s government is trying to stifle his outlet’s reporting on a conflict in northern Mozambique’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado region.