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INSURGENTS launched co-ordinated assaults on several army barracks before dawn yesterday in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, sparking a manhunt by soldiers.
Residents stayed inside, too afraid to go to work or school, as explosions and gunfire sounded across the city for hours.
Army spokesman Colonel Gaspard Baratuza said that 12 insurgents had been killed and 20 arrested in the attacks that began at about 4am.
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
The corporate media have been quick to point the finger over the murder of a Nicaraguan opposition figure, but where is the actual evidence, ask KELLY NELSON and ROGER D HARRIS