Announcing the decision on 28 September, Burundi's National Council for Communication (CNC) said Radio Publique Africaine, Radio Bonesha, Radio Renaissance and Télévision Renaissance were having their licences rescinded for spending more than three months without broadcasting and for "failing to sort out their judicial status in time."
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