Kenya`s The Star apologises over Charlie Hebdo cover

  15 January 2015    Read: 846
Kenya`s The Star apologises over Charlie Hebdo cover
A Kenyan newspaper has apologised for publishing Charlie Hebdo`s cover, depicting Prophet Muhammad following an outcry from its Muslim readers.
The Star said it "sincerely regretted" any offence caused by the "small reproduction" of the cover.

Meanwhile, a second Kenyan newspaper has published the satirical magazine`s cover with an article which said it embodied press freedom.

In Senegal, the government banned the French magazine`s distribution.

Many Senegalese are Muslims who are likely to welcome the ban, correspondents say.

`Muslim sensibilities`

The country has close links with France, the former colonial power and French newspapers are widely available.

The magazine is being distributed worldwide, with a cartoon which shows the Prophet weeping while holding a sign saying "I am Charlie", and below the headline "All is forgiven".

Twelve of its staff were killed last week by militant Islamist gunmen who said they were avenging a 2005 depiction of Prophet Muhammad

"It is forbidden to distribute and disseminate, by any means, today`s editions of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo and the French newspaper Liberation throughout the national territory," the Senegalese news agency APS reported, citing a statement from the interior ministry.

Liberation also published the cartoon.

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