Rwandan genocide 'could have been avoided', says journalist

Dele Olojede, who covered the Rwanda genocide in 1994, says the killing could have been significantly reduced had the media paid more attention earlier

07 April 2024 - 00:00 By THABO MOKONE in Kigali

The scale of the genocide of Rwanda’s Tutsi tribe in 1994 could have been significantly reduced had the media paid more attention to the atrocities that were unfolding in Kigali. ..

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