Rights group Amnesty says it has found five possible mass graves near Burundi's capital, where security forces are accused of killing scores of people in December:

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Amnesty says satellite images , externalshow disturbed earth at sites in the Buringa area on the edge of the capital, Bujumbura, that are consistent with witness reports.

"These images suggest a deliberate effort by the authorities to cover up the extent of the killings by their security forces and to prevent the full truth from coming out," said Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty's regional director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes.

At least 87 people were killed in December's crackdown, which came after military bases were attacked by gunmen, but the UN said the true number may be much higher.

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A picture of a half-naked woman was sent from the Twitter account of Fikile Mbalula, the South African sports minster.

South Africa's Eyewitness News says, external she was "posing in a very revealing position".

He has been tweeting, insisting he was hacked:

Mr Mbalula is a very active Twitter user and he says he will  find out who was responsible:

Police in Burundi have detained two foreign journalists who were reporting on armed opposition to the government, the AFP news agency reports.

The two, Jean-Philippe Remy, Africa bureau chief for French daily Le Monde, and British photojournalist Phil Moore, were picked up on Thursday afternoon.

The government said in a statement quoted by AFP that "the two foreigners were arrested in the company of armed criminals".

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Today’s African proverb: "It is only far for a jackal if there are no chocolate berries." A Shona proverb sent by Bhebhe E, Matsapha, Swaziland

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