Patrick Paggio Niyonkuru

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Patrick Paggio Niyonkuru is recovering from a bullet wound to the arm. (Courtesy Patrick Paggio Niyonkuru)

Burundi reporter shot by police for seeking information

Burundi’s government took unusually swift action last week in response to the police shooting of a radio reporter, after the journalist sought information at a roadblock in the capital Bujumbura where market vendors were allegedly being “taxed” for passage. Perhaps the shooting could have been averted if authorities had bothered to discipline officers involved in…

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