African media pioneer dies of Covid-19 - New African Magazine
African media pioneer dies of Covid-19 Facebook Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, Béchir Ben Yahmed, died in Paris on Monday aged 93, after losing a two-month battle with Covid-19, writes Serges David. Béchir Ben Yahmed, the founder and CEO of French weekly Africa news magazine Jeune Afrique, was hospitalized at the end of March in Paris, after dedicating over 60 years of his life to the press. He died, somewhat fittingly on May 3, which marks World Press Freedom Day. After graduating from one of the world’s leading French business schools, HEC, Ben Yahmed was enlisted as part of a T...
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