Burundi: Under Siege, Burundi's Journalists Fight On

opinion

When a journalist we know walks through the streets of his hometown in Burundi, his neighbors often exclaim: "Here comes uwubangamiwe!" Although they say it in jest, the nickname – which means 'at risk' in Kirundi – reveals the constant danger he faces.

Three years after his colleague Jean Bigirimana disappeared, he and many other Burundian journalists continue to honor his legacy.

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