NAIROBI (Reuters) - A South Sudanese newspaper editor has been arrested for writing articles that criticised the country's leaders over a flare-up in violence earlier this month, a colleague said on Tuesday after meeting security officials.
Alfred Taban, founder and editor of the privately run Juba Monitor, was detained on Saturday, drawing calls from journalists' and rights groups for his release.
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