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Didace
Namujimbo, a journalist for Radio Okapi,
was shot
dead on the night of November 21, 2008. Now, after repeated delays, a military
court in Bukavu,
capital of the
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Committee to Protect Journalists
Didace Namujimbo
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• RFI removed from FM frequencies; other stations censored.
• Hundreds march in nine provinces to protest ongoing threats, violence.
Key Statistic
3: Female journalists threatened with “a bullet to the head” after focusing their work on women’s issues.
Authorities censored coverage of armed conflict and human rights violations in the mineral-rich eastern Kivu provinces. Insecurity reigned in the volatile region, despite the presence of the world’s largest U.N. peacekeeping force. Tens of thousands of people continued to die every month from conflict, disease, and famine, while human rights groups detailed pervasive rape and sexual violence. The vast Central African nation remained among the region’s riskiest for journalists three years after it transitioned to democracy in historic U.N.-backed elections. Throughout the country, officials harassed and obstructed journalists who criticized local officials.
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I shall
never forgive myself for having initiated and encouraged my younger brother, Didace Namujimbo, to
take up journalism. Working for 21 years in Bukavu,
a city nestled on the picturesque shores of Lake Kivu, led me to cover every
aspect of the brutal conflict and humanitarian catastrophe in this part of
eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but a year ago nothing prepared me to
deal with the news that my brother had been killed.
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Franchou
Namegabe Nabintu, an award-winning journalist from the Democratic Republic of Congo, operates in one of the most dangerous regions for
journalists in
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Two years after transitioning to democracy in historic U.N.-backed elections, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was one of the most perilous countries in Africa for journalists. For the fourth consecutive year, a journalist was murdered in unclear circumstances, this time in the unstable, strife-torn east of the country.
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