On Monday, February 7, police officers in the capital, Bamako, arrested French national Benjamin Roger, a reporter at the privately owned news outlet Jeune Afrique, who had arrived in the country hours earlier on a flight from France, according to news reports, a statement by Jeune Afrique, and Roger, who spoke to CPJ in a phone interview.
The officers took him to the Judicial Investigation Brigade, which transferred him to the border police, who revoked his entry visa and forced him to leave the country, according to those sources. Border authorities said he did not have the required accreditation to report from the country.
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