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Alerts | Democratic Republic of the Congo

DRC suspends UN-backed broadcaster Radio Okapi

New York, December 3, 2012--Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should lift the suspension imposed on Saturday on the United Nations-sponsored broadcaster Radio Okapi in the capital, Kinshasa, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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December 3, 2012 2:43 PM ET | | Also in Français
Tags: CSAC, Jean Bosco Bahala, Jean-Marie Runiga, Joseph Kabila, Legal Action, M23, Radio Okapi, United Nations
Blog | Democratic Republic of the Congo

In Bukavu courtroom, Namujimbo murder trial unfolds

By Dieudonné Malekera Bahati/Guest Blogger
Some of the suspects in the Didace Namujimbo murder trial. (JED)

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 province of South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is putting on trial a dozen people charged in connection with the murder.

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March 31, 2010 10:21 AM ET | | Comments (4)
Tags: Didace Namujimbo, Killed, Radio Okapi, Serge Maheshe

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