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KIGALI - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Voice of America (VOA) broadcast local language programmes that harm Rwanda's social cohesion, Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said on national television late yesterday.
She said that the two radio services in Kinyarwanda and Kirundi - the official languages in Rwanda and Burundi respectively - aired "programmes that destroy Rwanda's social fabric."
"The source of the problem comes from Rwandan journalists working for these radio stations," Mushikiwabo said.
She said that government officials had recently stopped granting interviews to the BBC and VOA.
Interational media watchdogs have recently voiced concerns over curbs on the freedom of the press in the small central African natio--
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