AfriLeaks website to expose abuses in Africa
Source: BBC
AfriLeaks will give people a chance to leak sensitive information anonymously.
The site's founders say it is an attempt to boost investigative journalism to expose widespread corruption and human rights abuses.
It will also help circumvent growing surveillance by governments and corporate firms, they say.
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"You will be able to send us documents and select which of our member organisations should investigate it," it says.
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Correspondents say newspapers in multi-party democracies in Africa have often exposed corruption and human rights abuses.
The challenge AfriLeaks faces is to get whistle-blowers in repressive states like Eritrea and Sudan, where control over the internet is tight, they say.
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