French journalist arrested in Ethiopian ‘assault on press freedom’ – RSF

A French journalist has been arrested and detained in Ethiopia since 22 February on suspicion of conspiring “to create chaos” in the country, his employer announced on Monday. Antoine Galindo had travelled to Ethiopia to cover the African Union summit earlier this month for the specialist publication Africa Intelligence.According to a statement, by the publication, “plainclothes security officers” arrested Galindo on Thursday 22 February at 15.55 local time. He has since then been detained at th