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Burundi bans female drummers
Burundi’s President, Pierre Nkurunziza, introduces strict new controls over drumming.
President Pierre Nkurunziza has introduced new restrictions on the playing of the country’s famous drums.
Plus the Liberian presidency has dismissed claims of electoral fraud made by the Liberty Party.
And the Red Cross says millions of dollars was lost due to fraud and corruption during Ebola crisis in West Africa.
(Photo: Drummers perform in Gishora, Burundi. Credit: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
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