Burundi - In new escalation, Burundian minister threatens French radio reporter

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is outraged by the Burundian government's barely veiled threat against a visiting French radio journalist, the latest escalation in attacks on freedom of information in a country that is spiralling ever deeper into political violence and confusion. In a 4 January press release, the public security minister attacked the “customary accursed reporting” by Sonia Rolley, a Radio France Internationale journalist who arrived in Burundi two weeks ago, and accused her (...)

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