Three Ivory Coast Journalists Arrested Over Corruption Article

Police in the Ivory Coast have arrested three journalists on charges of stealing secret documents about a judicial inquiry into corruption in the country’s Coffee and Cocoa Bourse. Le Nouveau Courrier on Tuesday reportedly carried as its front page story an article detailing the contents and results of a report on the ongoing investigation into the graft allegations. Authorities on Tuesday arrested the editor, managing editor and director of publications at the newspaper and accused them of stealing judicial documents. According to local media, the police asked the journalists for the source of the documents, which they refused to divulge. The public prosecutor had said that the journalists would be held for the legal maximum of 48 hours for questioning and would be charged today.