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Evariste Ndayishimiye: Burundi president walking a tightrope
Evariste Ndayishimiye: Burundi president walking a tightrope
by  AFP

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has faced a tricky balancing act to bring change to the troubled nation while accommodating the elites who helped put him in power, even as activists warn that his government's human rights record remains dire.

How Bellingcat became Russia's 'biggest nightmare'
How Bellingcat became Russia's 'biggest nightmare'
by  AFP

Digital investigators from the Bellingcat group have spent eight years exposing the lies of the powerful and gathering evidence of their crimes – work that has a grave human cost, the organisation's chief told AFP in an interview.

Hong Kong court convicts five of sedition over children's books
Hong Kong court convicts five of sedition over children's books
by  AFP

Five Hong Kong unionists were found guilty of sedition on Wednesday for producing a series of illustrated children's books that portrayed the city's democracy supporters as sheep defending their village from wolves. In one book, called "Defenders of the Sheep Village", a group of wolves try to occupy a village of sheep, who fight back and drive their attackers away.

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