'Waiting for jail': Rwandan YouTuber defies personal risks

Rwandan Youtubers are facing increasing restrictions as the authorities crack down on dissenting voices, which could previously be shared online. — AFP

There is nothing glamorous about being a YouTuber in Rwanda, says John Williams Ntwali, whose channel Pax TV is a year old. The pay is poor, the threats frequent and the risk of prison all too real.

Ntwali has been arrested multiple times during his two-decade career as a journalist, but now fears that even YouTube, which had established itself as a rare outlet for critical reporting in Rwanda, is losing ground to an authoritarian government.