KIGALI (AFP) – The Rwanda government on Saturday denied any involvement in the murder of a journalist who accused the regime of attempting to assassinate a dissident general in Johannesburg.
Jean-Leonard Rugambage was gunned down in Kigali on Thursday.
His assassination raised concerns from media watchdogs that the press was increasingly operating in a climate of fear ahead of August 9 presidential elections, while Rugambage's publication blamed the government.
"Of course, this is not true, it's baseless," Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo told AFP. "We are not a government that assassinates journalists, we are a responsible government.
"There have been all kinds of activities over the past few days which have been orchestrated in order to instill a climate of fear in the run-up to the elections but also in an attempt to smear the government," she said.
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