Cameroon Media Mogul, Officers Charged in Journalist’s Death

Yaounde, Cameroon — A military court in Cameroon over the weekend charged a media mogul, a military officer, and a police commissioner with complicity in the January torture and killing of journalist Martinez Zogo. Cameroon laws state that crimes involving the use of weapons especially guns can be handled by a military court.

Cameroon President Paul Biya also ordered the military court to carry out the investigation into Zogo’s death which led to media owner Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, a police…