Burundian authorities have charged three schoolgirls accused of defacing a picture of President Pierre Nkurunziza...............
Burundian authorities have charged three schoolgirls accused of defacing a picture of President Pierre Nkurunziza, spokesperson for the country’s Supreme Court, Agnès Bangiricenge, said on Thursday.
They will await trial in a nearby prison and could face up to five years in jail on conviction, a judge said on condition of anonymity. School children have in the past been kicked out of school for similar offences, with some jailed and released.
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