Arrests, radio station shut as Burundi hit by fresh protests

Burundi is hit by a new wave of protests as opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term spreads beyond the capital.

Bujumbura. At least seven people have died and 66 others been wounded in nearly a week of clashes between police and protestors in the central African nation of Burundi, officials said Friday.

A UK-based radio station opposed to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government shuts down after 13 years after donors cut funding, its manager says.

Founder of Yarona FM, Percy Raditladi, talks about the rise of the radio station and its plans for the future.

The University of Dodoma (Udom) will soon open its radio station airing educative programmes on various social-economic aspects.

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