Burundi denies UN claims of human rights violation

The United Nations has presented a report on human rights in Burundi, accusing President Pierre Nkurunziza of being personally accountable for serious human rights violations in the country. His government has denied that claim, with Burundi's ambassador at the UN in Geneva calling the report politically-motivated and untruthful.

Amnesty International has launched an online campaign asking the government of Eritrea to release 28 political prisoners who were arrested in 2001 after criticising the President's rule. Fisseha Tekle, a researcher with Amnesty International, says why the NGO is launching the campaign now.

South African farmers are lobbying the government to impose higher tariffs on imported chickens, saying they cannot compete with big exporters like Brazil.

(Image: Chairman of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, Doudou Diene, speaks during a press conference to present a fresch report on rights violations in the country on September 4, 2019 in Geneva. Credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)