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    Burundi bans BBC, VOA two weeks before referendum – Myjoyonline News

    Burundi suspended operations by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Voice of America on Friday, two weeks before a referendum that could extend the president’s rule for at least a decade. The National Communication Council said it had suspended the international media organisations for...
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    Former top Chinese Communist official jailed for life for bribery – Capital News

    A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped as a potential successor to President Xi Jinping was sentenced to life in prison for bribery on Tuesday, the latest senior cadre to fall in Xi’s sweeping anti-corruption crusade. Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member and...
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