UN takes steps to prevent ‘possible Burundi genocide’

Tanzania takes steps to censor statistics, regulate bloggers
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DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T anzania is redrafting a bill that would give the national statistical agency powers to punish journalists who publish data from unofficial sources, following criticism it was trying to suppress freedom of ...

Burundi is at risk of genocide, warns Thomas Perriello, US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, days after President Barack Obama slapped sanctions on the public security minister and three others.

The African Union, discussing the situation in Burundi, says it will "not allow another genocide to take place on its soil" as concerns grow over the violence there.

The Sunday service at the hill-top Kiryama church was packed as Catholic Archbishop Simon Ntamwana delivered a sermon, and a political bombshell, for the small central African nation of Burundi.

Hon AbuBakr Ogle makes a point on the floor of the HouseEast African Legislative Assembly has passed a Resolution to form a select Committee on Genocide. The Committee shall in addition look at the security impact on the Community of genocide ideology including genocide denial.
The Resolution moved yesterday by the Hon AbuBakr Ogle and unanimously supported by Members gives the EALA Commission the go-ahead to nominate seven persons consisting of at least one Member from each Partner...

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Congo midfielder Prince Oniangue says the future looks bleak for the team unless the country's football authorities "get their acts together".

Communities in Ghana's capital, Accra, are still recovering from the floods and fire which swept through the city one month ago, killing 150 people. It is trying to avoid a repeat.