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Rwandan YouTuber detained over fraud, impersonation

By  Ivan R. Mugisha

Rwandan authorities have remanded a YouTuber over impersonation, forgery and rebelling against security guidelines.

Dieudonné Niyonsenga, the owner of popular YouTube channel Ishema TV was on Thursday denied bail by the Kagarama court in Kigali and remanded to 30-day custody.

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