Kitty Arie
Katherine Arie is a freelance journalist living in Paris. She has a Master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and has worked as a staff editor of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and as an international public policy case study writer for Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She has done occasional freelance work for AlertNet since 2002, but is blogging here in a personal capacity.
Untangling Rwanda's genocide investigation
By Kitty Arie
Kudos to the French press for its coverage of the three ongoing investigations related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Anyone trying to follow what's going on might be confused, however, because the investigations, though separate, have direct and indirect links which the press likes to exploit. The first is a Paris-based investigation led by Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière into the 1994 crash of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana's plane, the event said to have triggered the genocide. In a ruling three weeks ago Judge Bruguière, working on behalf of the families of the all-French crew who went down with Habyarimana, accused current Rwandan President Paul Kagame of personally giving the order to shoot the plane out of the sky. ... Full article
By Kitty Arie
Kudos to the French press for its coverage of the three ongoing investigations related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Anyone trying to follow what's going on might be confused, however, because the investigations, though separate, have direct and indirect links which the press likes to exploit. The first is a Paris-based investigation led by Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière into the 1994 crash of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana's plane, the event said to have triggered the genocide. In a ruling three weeks ago Judge Bruguière, working on behalf of the families of the all-French crew who went down with Habyarimana, accused current Rwandan President Paul Kagame of personally giving the order to shoot the plane out of the sky. ... Full article
French window on Ivory Coast
By Kitty Arie
Perhaps it's not surprising that French media coverage of humanitarian issues is dominated by its former colonies.
Historically France was the main player from Tunis to Brazzaville, and those ties still bind.
In recent weeks the French public has been treated to the blow by blow account of France's lead role in solving the political impasse in Ivory Coast, where President Laurent Gbagbo, who survived the 2002 coup attempt that split the country in two, is struggling to hold onto power.
... Full article
By Kitty Arie
Perhaps it's not surprising that French media coverage of humanitarian issues is dominated by its former colonies.
Historically France was the main player from Tunis to Brazzaville, and those ties still bind.
In recent weeks the French public has been treated to the blow by blow account of France's lead role in solving the political impasse in Ivory Coast, where President Laurent Gbagbo, who survived the 2002 coup attempt that split the country in two, is struggling to hold onto power.
... Full article
