(JED/IFEX) – On 29 January 2006, Delphin Yenga Yenga, the director of Radiotélévision LA COLOMBE (RTC) stationed in Rutshuru, North Kivu province, decided to suspend broadcasting for security reasons. On the evening of 24 January 2006, unidentified soldiers entered the RTC offices and confiscated a Pentium 2 computer, two Nokia cell phones and four dictaphones. […]
(JED/IFEX) – On 29 January 2006, Delphin Yenga Yenga, the director of Radiotélévision LA COLOMBE (RTC) stationed in Rutshuru, North Kivu province, decided to suspend broadcasting for security reasons.
On the evening of 24 January 2006, unidentified soldiers entered the RTC offices and confiscated a Pentium 2 computer, two Nokia cell phones and four dictaphones. Shortly afterwards, the same officers entered the guest house where four journalists from Goma were staying and took away their kitchen implements and luggage. Fearing for their lives, the journalists sought initial refuge in Rutshuru parish before making their way back to Goma.
This insecurity follows armed confrontations that began on 20 January between officers of the 5th brigade and dissident members of the 12th and 83rd brigade who are supporters of General Laurent Nkunda Batuare.
The RTC is owned by provincial governor Serufuli Ngayabaseka and is the only radio station that broadcasts from Rutshuru. It is also the relay station for Goma’s provincial station and Radio France Internationale (RTI).
