Uganda: Uganda Shoots the messenger as internet rumour mills thrive

A few days ago, the Uganda government "revised" the accreditation for Will Ross, the BBC's correspondent in Kampala, from 12 months down to four. Freelance journalist Blake Lambert, who has reported from Uganda for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Economist, and other news outlets, has been checking the mailbox for his accreditation, but the authorities have not posted it. Information Minister James Buturo said the step was taken because foreign journalists had become a "security threat". For good measure, no foreign journalists can now travel more than 100 kilometres outside the capital without some kind of special permission.