August 11, 2009

BBC's Interview with Josphat Makori on the doc "Inside A Rebel Territory" and a diplomatic row between Ethiopia and Kenya

Kenyan TV documentary upsets Ethiopia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/2009/08/090807_ethiopia_kenya_media.shtml

In Kenya, a television series by a private media house has sparked a diplomatic dilemma between Kenya and neighbouring Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian government has protested the airing of the series that gives insights into the operations of Ethiopian rebel group, Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), who the Ethiopian government insists are a terrorist group.

Efforts to get the Kenyan government to intervene and stop the broadcast have failed as the broadcaster says the program is both factual and objective.

Bilkisu Labaran spoke to our reporter in Nairobi, Josphat Makori, who has been following the developments...

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