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Burundi seeks a fresh start with the media

President Evariste Ndayishimiye is seeking to mend fractious ties with the media.

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has been meeting members of the media as he moves to mend ties with local and international media organisations currently banned from operating in the country.

A peace deal has been signed in Mali between the Fulani or Peule and Dogon communities to try and end tensions over access to land and water in the Mopti region.

And South Africa’s Sun-El Musician tells us about his new 31 -track music album.

(Picture: Evariste Ndayishimiye, Burundi's Presidential candidate of the ruling party the National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), speaks to the media after voting during presidential and general elections at Bubu Primary school in Giheta, central Burundi, on May 20, 2020. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

23 minutes

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Thu 28 Jan 202115:06GMT

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  • Thu 28 Jan 202115:06GMT

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