Humanosphere

Conservative British journalist Ian Birrell, formerly Prime Minister David Cameron’s speechwriter, recently got into a Twtter argument with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

If you are familiar with reading Twitter (and reading Tweets is something of an acquired skill), you can see the entire exchange at Tom Murphy’s A View from the Cave. It apparently started when Birrell Tweeted about an article on Kagame in the Financial Times.

Here’s a post on KigaliWire that tries to put this Tweet battle in context, noting that Kagame has frequently used social media tools like Twitter to get his views out there. Continue reading →