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Ethiopia releases French journalist after week of imprisonment

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Antoine Galindo was detained in a hotel in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. [Indigo Publications]

French journalist Antoine Galindo, who was detained for a week in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, was released Thursday ahead of his scheduled second appearance in court Friday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said.

Angela Quintal, head of CPJ's Africa program, told VOA that Galindo, a reporter for Paris-based news site Africa Intelligence, left for France immediately after his release.

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