The media can help banish hate speech

This week, hundreds of African media professionals converged in Kigali to tackle a very thorny issue: hate speech. The programme was part of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Nowhere did hate speech cause more harm than in Rwanda before and during the Genocide. It was therefore fitting for delegates to draw lessons from the epicenter where state sponsored-hate was implemented.