When is news not news?

RUMOURS, RUMOURS
Hmm ... the attacks I spoke about in my last blog all turned out to be rumours: the bus near the US Embassy and the one in Remera. But there was an attack on the Eden Restaurant in Gikongoro in which three Sri Lankans were injured, one seriously enough to be taken to Butare Hospital to have shrapnel removed. I know the Eden Restaurant, though I have never eaten there. The one time we did attempt to eat there (I think it was with Amalia and Bujingo) they said they had neither brochettes nor fries available, so we went elsewhere. I remember saying rather sarcastically to the waitress 'If Rwanda has run out of goats and potatoes, the country is obviously in deep, deep trouble!'.

Interestingly, though that was Friday night, I still haven't found any mention of it on the news even though all the other attacks were covered quite extensively. Is this because stuff outside Kigali doesn't get noticed or is it embarrassment because muzungus were injured? Meanwhile, Afrique en Ligne announced that Rwandan authorities had warned about attacks on 'jam-packed train stations and cafes'. This is the kind of detail that makes you realise some websites are crap - there are no trains in Rwanda.

CORRECTION
(Alfred: Sorry folks - gave you the wrong link in the last blog but one for Ruairí's photos. Forgot that Flickr is spelled with a 'c' in it. So the correct address is www.flickr.com/photos/ruairioheithir)