Burundi - Any future for Burundi's media after presidential election?

Reporters without borders

Burundi's privately-owned radio stations are still silent although President Pierre Nkurunziza succeeded in forcing the country to hold an election giving him a third term. Reporters Without Borders calls for the rapid and unconditional reopening of the media and guarantees for the safe return of all journalists who fled abroad. The election was held amid a news blackout imposed by Nkurunziza. Those who voted – between 40 and 80 percent of the electorate according to the state media, far (...)

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