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| Political violence has been escalating in Burundi since April AP |
New figures from the UN
indicate that 474 people have been killed in Burundi since last April, when a
crisis broke out over President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third
term.
BBC
Africa Live report continues:
Experts
presented their findings from a visit to Burundi earlier this month at
the UN Council for Human Rights in Geneva.
But
the leader of a Burundi human rights organization said the number of victims
exceeded 600.
A
Burundian government representative said the killings have been perpetrated by
insurgents.
On
Tuesday, a senior army officer and ally of the president was shot dead
inside the defence ministry compound on Tuesday.
An
army major was also reportedly shot dead last night while leaving a
bar in the centre of the capital, Bujumbura.
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Reuters
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Meanwhile
Burundi has banned people from owning two sim cards from the same
mobile provider, local Bonesha FM reports,
quoting a press release from the finance ministry.
Mobile
phone companies will have two months to comply with the new regulations, it
adds.
Phone
companies will also have to register all sim card users, or face fines of up to
US$3,000 (£2,100) for each case where they fail to block an unregistered
user.
The
move comes amid continuing civil unrest in the country, which was sparked last
April when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he was running for a third
term.
Nigeria slapped mobile
phone giant MTN with a multi-billion dollar fine last year for failing
to disconnect unregistered sim cards, with President Muhammadu Buhari
blaming the company for fuelling the Boko Haram insurgency.
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