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Kenyan journalists battle violence, digital monitoring in the line of duty

A Kenya Police officer kicks a tear gas canister during a nationwide strike, Nairobi, June 25, 2024. [AFP]

Armed with cameras, pens, microphones and mobile phones, journalists are expected to document the nation in real time, to bear witness, to question, and to hold power to account. Yet increasingly, these very tools have turned them into targets.

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