India-Pakistan pressures elevated
With tensions along the Indo-Pak border high, media in both countries have a big story to cover. The airwaves are abuzz as the media rhetoric on both sides gets ratcheted up higher and higher. It doesn't make the job of diplomats and governments any easier.
Talking us through the story: Wajahat Khan, anchor, Dunya News (Pakistan); Sonia Trikha Shukla, strategic affairs analyst (India); Amber Rahim Shamsi, anchor, Dawn TV (Pakistan); Bhupendra Chaubey, anchor, CNN-IBN (India).
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Media blackout in Burundi
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