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A Free Media Anchors Democratic Governance And Never Again Genocide
Today May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. We celebrate this day at a time when we also commemorate 25 years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in which the media, unfortunately, also played a destructive role. This is therefore, a time for reflection both on why the media…
Read More »President Kagame’s Disagreement With Supreme Court Advances Rule of Law
August 01, 2018: President Paul Kagame officiates the swearing-in of 17 judges from the Supreme Court, the newly-established Court of Appeal, the High Court, and the Commercial High Court. The session took place in Parliament As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day today May 3, it’s time to hail the…
Read More »Documenting Rwanda’s Male Dominated Newsrooms
These are some of the media we sampled and which we were able to get data from. As Rwandan media joins the rest of the world to mark World Press Freedom Day today, May 3, The Chronicles has gone to the newsrooms to find out how many reporters and editors…
Read More »Rwanda’s Struggling Media Industry And Attempts To Form Mergers
Umuseke, Ukwezi, Bwiza and Umuryango have merged to form Ubumwe Media Group Four major news websites announced last week that they were merging to operate as a single company in a move that has shaken the local news industry – bringing back a long standing debate as to whether Rwanda’s…
Read More »Laws That Constrain And Advance Media Freedom in Rwanda
There was widespread jubilation last week, when President Paul Kagame came out on April 12 to assert that although he respected the ruling, he did not agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to maintain Article 236 of the Penal Code. Article 236 reads: “Any person who insults or defames the…
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