The editor-in-chief of Gambia's bi-weekly Independent newspaper has been arrested by the west African country's secret service, the paper said on Saturday.
Government agents came to the offices of the paper and detained Abdoulie Sey on Friday evening without giving his staff information about the arrest, employees said.
The Independent staff said Sey's detention could be related to the newspaper's coverage on Friday.
The private paper has previously been in the firing line of the government. Last year its managing editor and a reporter were arrested over claims made in an article, and an editor, deputy editor and two reporters were charged with libelling President Yahia Jammeh.
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