So on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, Freedom House got us to wake up and smell the coffee about the state of media freedom. It released a report revealing that press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in over a decade globally, and only one in six people live in countries with a free press […]
Tag Archives: Rwanda genocide
The End Of Press Freedom Is Here; How It Was Killed By Both Its Friends And Enemies
May 6, 2013 3 Comments Short URL Africa, Arab Spring, bob geldof, Bono, China loving, democracy in Africa, divided Africa, end of freedom, Eritrea, Freedom House, hate speech, Kenya post-election violence, Malaysia, poverty, press freedom, Radio Milles Collines, Rwanda genocide, Singapore, South Korea, Tunisia Heroes & Villains, Political Barometre
Burundi: A Nation Trapped By A Crocodile, Its Born-Again Track-Suit Addicted President, And The Mountains
Maybe you did, maybe you didn’t, watch the 2007 film “Primeval”. Primeval, originally titled “Gustave”, follows a news team sent to Burundi to capture a crocodile on Lake Tanganyika. That crocodile is called Gustave. According to a Wikipedia entry, in 2004 Gustave was estimated to be 60 years old, 20 feet (6.1 m) in length and […]
January 19, 2012 8 Comments Short URL Amilcar Cabral, AMISOM, avocado, Born-Again president, Bujumbura, Burundi, Burundi’s Barack Obama, Central Africa, crocodile Gustave, Dar es Salaam, Domitien Ndayizeye, ethnicity, First Lady Denise, Ghana’s Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings, Grahamstown, Hutu-Tutsi, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, journalist Alexis Sinduhije, Lake Tanganyika, Major Pierre Buyoya, maPeter, murder, nation trapped, notorious man-eater, Pierre Nkurunziza, President Jakaya Kikwete, Primeval film, Rwanda genocide, Somalia, South Africa, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Tanzanian jail, terrorism, treason, Wikileaks Rogue Stuff, Yakky Politics
Kenya Media Sinned But Hides Its Head In The Sand And Won’t Learn The Right Lessons From 2007/2008 Madness: A Self-Criticism
There is a saying in our trade that the difference between journalists and doctors is that the latter publish their mistakes – while the doctors bury theirs. There was a reminder of that yesterday (January 23), when the International Criminal Court in The Hague, confirmed charges against four Kenyans for their alleged role in the […]
January 24, 2012 24 Comments Short URL at Harvard University, Berkman Centre for Internet & Society, blogs, boycott, commentariat, doctors bury their mistakes, Francis Muthaura, Henry Kosgey, ICC, IDPs, Ivory Coast, Joseph Nyagah, Joshua Sang, journalists publish their mistakes, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kass FM, Kenya December 2007 election, Kenya newspapers and TV, Machiavellian firmness, mainstream media, Makau Mutua, Mount Kenya Mafia”. With every other day, Musalia Mudavadi, Najib Balala, NARC, Ocampo Six, ODM, ODM Brigade, ODM Pentagon, online petition, Police chief Maj. Gen. Hussein Ali, Pre-Trial Court, Radio Milles Collines, referendum, Rwanda genocide, SMS, Sunday Nation, talk-shows, The Hague, the narrative of a dangerous “Mt. Kenya Mafia, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto Fast & Furious, Robbers & Barons