International Dateline: The Shooting of Horta
This week Video Journalist Mark Davis travels to East Timor and reports
on the aftermath of the near fatal shooting of President Jose Ramos
Horta.
President Horta was shot earlier this year, after rebel leader Alfredo
Reinado and his followers paid an unexpected visit to the President’s
family home. Davis speaks exclusively to Reinado's troops who were with
him at the shooting.
In her first interview since the shooting, the rebel leader's
girlfriend, Angelita Pires, accused of instigating the attack, tells
Davis that she had nothing to do with the shooting, and that she now
fears for her life. She flatly denies allegations she convinced a
drunken Reinado to go to the Presidential house. Reinado's men tell
Davis they were angry at the news that negotiations for a potential
peace deal had fallen through and had come down from their hideout to
speak with Horta face to face.
They also claim there was no plan to kill the President.
Also in this episode, Dateline goes in search of Barack Obama's African roots.
Video Journalist Aaron Lewis travels deep into western Kenya to the
sleepy rural village of Kogelo - home of the Obama family - where he is
invited into the houses of some of Obama's closest family members.
There's a strong sense of pride in the air, as both the village and the
Obama family are excited that one of their own is running for President.
Along the way, Lewis meets Grandma Obama, affectionately known in the
village as Mama Sara. She leads a simple life, tending a small plot of
land along with raising a handful of adopted children.
Despite being on the other side of the world, Mama Sara always knew her grandson would amount to great things.
Watch these segments online at the SBS website:
About International Dateline
SBS Dateline, which began in 1984, is Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. It has a well-earned reputation for authoritative and incisive reporting. Dateline has taken the traditional way of producing TV current affairs and turned it on its head. Reporters who used to travel with a cameraperson and sound recordist now travel alone and have the responsibility of both filming and reporting their stories. The reporters became video-journalists, gaining access to people and places that the conventional camera crews cannot.
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