Tensions between the Church and the Zambian government have increased after the nation's information minister, Lt. Gen. Ronnie Shikapwasha, for helping foment the Rwandan genocide that left an estimated 800,000 dead in 1994. Shikapwasha-- whose government has clashed recently with the Church over freedom of the press-- said that the Church in Rwanda "blindly sided with some newspapers and radio stations, which allegedly fanned out falsehoods and propaganda." The Zambian bishops' conference immediately demanded an apology.
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