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US restricts travel

    NAIROBI

    The US on Thursday said it had restricted travel for its diplomats and other employees in Burundi due to security concerns. "As a result of the ongoing conflict between government and rebel forces in Burundi, the US embassy has restricted US government personnel from flying in or out of Bujumbura during the hours of darkness," a State Department statement said. However army spokesman, Colonel Longin Minani, told IRIN on Friday the Burundi authorities could not understand why the US State Department had issued such a directive. "Security has considerably improved and we
    are wondering why they had to issue this," he said.

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