The press as a target

The recent arrest and detention of the Editor-in-Chief of the English news desk of Equinoxe Television, Mimi Mefo Takambou, is not so much a surprise to many who have been following events in the country, as it only further weakens our claim to be a country that fully respects the norms of democracy. And as a country which arrogates unto itself the pride of being an “advanced democracy” as the case of Mimi, is just another proof that journalists, particularly of the private press, are the little enemies of the regime and must be targeted and punished under laws that…