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Media clampdown designed to silence criticism and independent reporting (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 1, 2019

Authorities in Burundi have expanded the suspension of the Voice of America, withdrawn the BBC's operating licence and forbidden citizens from directly or indirectly providing information to the two institutions.
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