Newsletter: IFJ Participates in Training of Burundi Journalists in Covering Armed Conflict

A group of 30 Burundian journalists , both exiled and from inside the country, attended a four-day training in covering armed conflict on 23 – 26 November in Kigali, Rwanda. The training, organised by the IFJ affiliate -Union des journalistes burundais (UJB) - with the support of the International Federation of Journalists and the Norwegian Union  of Journalists, covered protection of journalists under International humanitarian law, the  practical aspects of security for covering armed conflict as well as ethics and principles of professional journalism.