Uganda asks Google to close 14 YouTube channels over deadly protests

The Ugandan government, through the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), has written to US-based Google, that owns YouTube, a global video sharing platform, asking it to close at least 14 channels for allegedly mobilising riots.
Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye who came to power earlier this year. PHOTO | AFP
Burundi tells UN to close local office by January
Burundi has told the United Nations secretary general that the office of the organisation's special envoy must shut by the end of the year.
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SA closes public schools as coronavirus cases rise
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