A Kinyarwanda tabloid Ishema Newspaper is set to resume its operations after a one month self-imposed suspension.
The management of the paper made that decision claiming of getting threats after blasphemous article that ridiculed the person of President Paul Kagame and undermining the government.
According to the press statement; the Board of Directors meeting held Sunday yesterday came up with the resolution of continuing publications after taking into considerations a number of issues.
It says that the Board, after analyzing the status of the threats which were the basis of discontinuing publications, they have decided to resume their operations without any hindrances.
The statement also says that the Board, after it analyzing the consequences incurred by Ishema Newspaper and its personnel as well as following its publication of Issue no 24, it ruled out that the publications of the news items will be appearing on its website.
The management have re-organized to find other sources of the funding to print out hard copy, for countryside circulation project since they had lost several advertisement contracts.
Speaking to igihe.com, Fidele Gakire, Ishema Newspaper Managing Director said that the management of the paper have made consultations and found out no problem to resume.
“ We therefore hope that there will be no more difficulties in our publications,” said Gakire
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