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| Frederic Bamvuginyumvira |
A top Burundi opposition leader has been sentenced to five years in jail for bribery following a sex scandal he claims was created to block him from running for president.
Frederic Bamvuginyumvira, a former Burundi vice-president and current deputy leader of the Front for Democracy (Frodebu) party, told AFP late Thursday the sentence by the country's anti-corruption court was made to "remove me from the electoral race."
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