By Novell Zwangendaba – Johannesburg – The former chief of the Rwandan army, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, was shot on Saturday outside his home in Johannesburg, police said. Nyamwasa’s wife Rosette said the former army chief of staff was shot outside the gate of the upmarket complex where they lived in Johannesburg, in what she described as an assassination act. “When we got to the gate, a black man with a pistol came to the driver’s window… The window was half open… And he fired a shot,” she told journalists. “The driver obstructed the assassin… My husband leaned forward. He was... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, June 20th 2010 |
Shout-Africa News – KIGALI, — The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Rwandan authorities today to provide information as to why the Web site of newspaper Umuvugizi is inaccessible in the run-up to August presidential elections. The state-run Rwanda News Agency reported on June 3 that the Web site of Umuvugizi, a leading private paper known for its critical coverage of the government, could not be opened on the networks of the country’s only Internet service providers. Editor John Bosco Gasasira, who launched Umuvugizi online in May after Rwanda’s Media High Council suspended the newspaper of the same name in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, June 15th 2010 |
