BURUNDI: Burundi said on Tuesday it had released six juveniles who were part of a group of 11 students jailed last week for allegedly defacing a photograph of President Pierre Nkurunziza in a school text book. In another incident last month, more than 300 students of a school in the capital's Ruziba neighborhood were sent home after being accused of defacing Nkurunziza's image. Violence broke out in Burundi last year after Nkurunziza announced he would seek re-election for a third term. Updated Tue, June 7th 2016 at 23:58 GMT +3Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza walks during a ceremony in tribute to the former late President Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza at the national congress palace in Bujumbura, Burundi May 16, 2016. The government cited a court ruling which they said cleared him to stand again, and Nkurunziza subsequently won re-election last July.

Source: Standard Digital June 07, 2016 18:00 UTC