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Addicted to war

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Fergal Keene's Life in Rwanda

Fergal Keene, who was born in Ireland, had seen violence ever since the early days of his career covering the fighting in Belfast. In 1994 he was sent to cover the Civil War in Rwanda - and what he saw shocked him like nothing before. When Fergal returned home from Rwanda, he started having nightmares, upsetting and frightening dreams. He knew it wasn't healthy, but he couldn't stop. Did you turn to other things? Booze. I mean, how much booze are we talking? You know, the truth is I was in an alcoholic long before I got to Rwanda. But I was in the kind of functioning alcoholic, what they call, you know,

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