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Kabila bans rebroadcasting of foreign radios

    NAIROBI

    President Laurent-Desire Kabila’s government has banned the rebroadcasting of foreign news bulletins, Reuters reported on Thursday. A letter sent to local radio and television stations by Information Minister Didier Mumengi said a monitoring commission had found that the local networks had not fulfilled their licensing commitments for such programmes, especially with regard to “co-production and royalties”. Reuters noted the ban affects institutions such as the BBC, Radio France Internationale and the Voice of America. The letter warned that “punitive measures” would be taken against stations that did not comply with the regulation.

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