All Belgians urged to leave Burundi

A top diplomat from the Philippines is to oversee the evacuation of 13,000 citizens from Libya after a Filipino worker was beheaded and a nurse raped.

The United States on Sunday ordered non-emergency US government personnel and dependents to leave violence-torn Burundi and warned other Americans to get out “as soon as it is feasible to do so”.

The US state department warns US citizens not to travel to Burundi as political violence continues, with 87 people killed on Friday.

African leaders urge President Nkurunziza of Burundi to postpone elections, and call for an end to the unrest sparked by his decision to stand.

East African Community (EAC) member states must intervene to stop Burundi’s pre-election violence or allow the international community to act on their behalf, lawyers, political analysts and human rights activists have said.

With the East African Community single tourist visa, travellers can visit any of the countries in the region but not Tanzania and Burundi.

As chairman of the Annasr mosque, Mimoun Aquichouh personally knows a number of young men who left the small Belgian city of Vilvoorde to wage jihad in Syria.

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Wakati, Burundi ikijiandaa kwa uchaguzi mkuu wiki ijayo, uhusiano kati ya nchi hiyo na jirani yake wa karibu Rwanda ukiwa umevunjika