THE TELEGRAPH: Rwanda demanded "guarantees of responsible journalism" from the BBC on Sunday, a day after it suspended its local broadcasts in the national Kinyarwanda language.
"We have suspended all BBC programmes in Kinyarwanda because they had become a real poison with regards to the reconciliation of the Rwandan people," the information minister, Louise Mushikiwabo said.
"We could no longer tolerate that," she said. "The Rwandan government shall protest strongly, until the BBC can give us guarantees of responsible journalism."
The dispute centres on interviews aired on a weekly programme, "Imvo n'Imvano," (The Heart of the Problem), which Mushikiwabo, on state radio, said were "liable" to undermine efforts at national unity and reconciliation. >>> | Sunday, April 26, 2009
