Cameroon’s Ahmed Abba, two others to be honoured for courageous journalism

By Elah Geofrey with reports from CPJ Four inspiring journalists from Cameroon, Mexico, Thailand, and Yemen will be honored with the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2017 International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition of courageous journalism. Jailed RFI journalist, Ahmed Abba Amongst the awardees is Cameroonian Ahmed Abba, a correspondent for Radio France Internationale’s Hausa service who has been in prison for over three years for reporting on attacks carried out by the extremist group, Boko Haram. One other awardee was detained twice by military officials and charged with sedition According to CPJ, the awardees have covered the news at…