300 High School Students Get Expelled For Defacing A Photo Of Burundi President

More than 300 students at a high school in Burundi have been suspended
for defacing a photo of President Pierre Nkurunziza. Parents and an
official said this to AFP news agency.


Other images in around 40 textbooks had also been desecrated, with
insults against the president scrawled in others.

One parent who asked to remain anonymous told AFP they had
apologised for the graffiti during a meeting with the school, but without
success.

He said the administration told the students, aged between 14 and 16,
that they could not come back to school until those responsible were
"turned in".

School director, Yves Marimba has however told AFP that "a solution
has been found" but did not comment on the students' return.

The country has been plunged into a deep crisis since President
Nkurunziza announced in April 2015 that he would run for a third term, a
vote he won in July amid opposition boycotts.