Burundian President warns of impending Shabaab attack
Nkurunziza held a press conference at the presidential palace in capital Bujumbura three days after his return from Tanzania.
Burundian President Pierre Nkurinziza appeared in public for the first time since a failed coup attempt against his rule, warning of impending attacks by Al-Shabaab armed group in Burundi and other Eastern African nations.
Nkurunziza held a press conference at the presidential palace in capital Bujumbura three days after his return from Tanzania following the failure of a coup attempt led by former intelligence chief Godefroid Niyombare.
He told reporters that he had phone consultations of the leaders of Kenya and Uganda.
Nkurunziza said they had intelligence about imminent attacks by Al-Shabaab militant group in the three East African countries.
Source: World Bulletin
