Suspension of Martial Owona: CNC President Joseph Chebongkeng Summoned to Court

Joseph Chebongkeng Kalabubsu, president of the National Communication Council (CNC), is scheduled to appear in court on September 30, 2026, in Ngoumou following an official summons issued on September 21. The summons relates to a legal process initiated after a complaint from journalist Martial Thaddée Owona and the public prosecutor, stemming from the suspension of Owona by the CNC in August 2026 after a report aired on June 2 about lawyer Félicité Esther Zeifman. The case arises amid controversy over the suspension and allegations of potentially defamatory statements in the report.