# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexis-sinduhije
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:16:28.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexis-sinduhije"
name: "Alexis Sinduhije"
slug: "alexis-sinduhije"
description: "Alexis Sinduhije is a Burundian journalist and politician. After founding Radio Publique Africaine during the Burundi Civil War, Sinduhije received a CPJ International Press Freedom Award and was named to the Time 100 list of most influential people. In 2007, he left journalism to run for president, but was arrested in 2008 on a charge of \"insulting the president,\" Pierre Nkurunziza, drawing protests on his behalf from the U.S., U.K., and Amnesty International. He was found not guilty and released in 2009. The film Kamenge, Northern Quarters follows Sinduhije before, during, and after his incarceration."
tagline: "Burundian journalist"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1967-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.89
  momentum:             2.797202797202797
  historical:           5.673254666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Sinduhije"
    title: "Alexis Sinduhije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%87%D9%8A%DA%86"
    title: "اليكسيس سيندوهيچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Sinduhije"
    title: "Alexis Sinduhije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Sinduhije"
    title: "Alexis Sinduhije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Sinduhije"
    title: "Alexis Sinduhije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Sinduhije"
    title: "Alexis Sinduhije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455599"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump