African News Explained

Liberian newspaper editor  Rodney Sieh tells RFI that he's emerged from a jail term a stronger man and better journalist. Sieh was taken into custody in August after refusing to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that his paper should pay 1.2 million euros for libelling former agriculture minister Chris Toe. He was released last Thursday and all charges against him dropped. After going on hunger strike, he spent much of his sentence in hospital following a decline in his health.