Foreign journalist's perspective on press freedom in Rwanda Rwanda's much vaunted image as a beacon of progress and development in Africa is being further questioned in a book "Bad News - Last Journalists in A Dictatorship". The author, Anjan Sundaram, is a foreign journalist who wrote about his time running a training programme for local reporters in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. He reveals concerns that President Paul Kagame's grip on power may not be as positive and benevolent as often portrayed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03wr7h9 Kenya covers up military massacre Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) On January 15, a massive blast shattered the dawn calm at El Adde military base. A suicide bomber had detonated a truck loaded with explosives, the cue for hundreds of fighters clad in camouflage gear to attack. The raid lasted the entire day; thousands upon thousands of bullets ...
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