Ananie Nkurunziza
Ananie Nkurunziza | |
|---|---|
| Died | missing[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Radio presenter (animateur), journalist |
Ananie Nkurunziza was a presenter (animateur) on the Rwandan radio station Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, which played a significant role in promoting the Rwandan Genocide. Like the station's other broadcasters, Nkurunziza incited violence against Tutsi and moderate Hutu on the air.[2]
On air, Nkurunziza acted as a political analyst, taking on the role of a serious intellectual and recounting foreign news.[3] Segments by Nkurunziza accounted for approximately 11% of RTLM airtime. As an animateur, he received the fourth most airtime.[4]
Before Joining RTLM, Nkurunziza worked for an intelligence officer. He maintained his links to the Rwandan intelligence and police communities during his tenure at RTLM.[5]
Nkurunziza's whereabouts were unknown as of 2007.[6]
References
- ^ Thompson, Allan (Ed.) (2007). The Media and the Rwanda Genocide. Pluto Press, Fountain Publishers, IDRC. p. 106. ISBN 0-74532-625-0. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ The Prosecutor v. Ferdinand Nahimana, Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, Hassan Ngeze (Judgement and Sentence), ICTR-99-52-T, pg. 416, Nr. 6.9, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), 3 December 2003, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/404468bc2.html [accessed 19 March 2013]
- ^ Thompson, Allan (Ed.) (2007). The Media and the Rwanda Genocide. Pluto Press, Fountain Publishers, IDRC. p. 58, 98, 127. ISBN 0-74532-625-0. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Thompson, Allan (Ed.) (2007). Kimani, Mary: RTLM: the Medium that Became a Tool for Mass Murder. In "The Media and the Rwanda Genocide". Pluto Press, Fountain Publishers, IDRC. p. 116. ISBN 0-74532-625-0. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Thompson, Allan (Ed.) (2007). The Media and the Rwanda Genocide. Pluto Press, Fountain Publishers, IDRC. p. 58. ISBN 0-74532-625-0. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Thompson, Allan (Ed.) (2007). The Media and the Rwanda Genocide. Pluto Press, Fountain Publishers, IDRC. p. 106. ISBN 0-74532-625-0. Retrieved 27 November 2016.