Burundi shuts down internet access

Investigations launched into ‘perpetrators’ amid a strict clampdown in the country.

Local human rights groups are up in arms over the proposed law amid concerns of censorship.

Another online publication called Zambia Reports has had its access blocked in the country.

The ruling Patriotic Front hits out at websites critical of the government.

The landlocked African country plans to crack down on those who insult the country`s king on Facebook and Twitter.

Censoring adult Web sites could become another strategy in the military government`s crackdown on Internet freedoms.