Burundi President Nkurunziza Briefed on Al-Shabab Threats

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza was briefed by security officials on Sunday in his office in the capital, Bujumbura, about possible security threats posed by the Somali-based Islamist terrorist group, al-Shabab, says presidential spokesman Willy Nyamitwe. He says the president and his advisers discussed ways to protect civilians after the terrorist group threatened to attack Burundi and neighboring Uganda. Burundi has contributed more than 5,000 troops to Somalia as part of...

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