The U.S. government asked its citizens to leave Burundi as soon as possible Sunday after 87 people were killed Friday in an escalation of the violence surrounding the disputed third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Protests in Burundi began in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek a third term in office.
"As a result of continuing violence, the Department of State ordered the departure of dependents of US government personnel and non-emergency US government personnel from Burundi," the US statement read."The US Embassy is able to offer only very limited emergency services to US citizens in Burundi."
Witnesses said men were shot "through the top of the skull" and many wonder if Burundi, as well as other African nations, is on the verge of another round of "ethnic cleansing".
Burundi is bordered by the "Democratic Republic" of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.
For much more info on this poorest African nation, see <THIS>.
"We can observe today in Burundi a clear manipulation of ethnicity by both the government and opposition," the UN's special adviser on genocide, Adama Dieng, told the BBC.
"We know that ethnicity can be used to divide populations, and spreading hatred among them, which can have tragic consequences."
"We know that ethnicity can be used to divide populations, and spreading hatred among them, which can have tragic consequences."
Since President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a third term in in April, 200,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries, and 240 people have been killed.
AFRICANS DIE BY THE MILLIONS EACH YEAR
In 2012 – the most recent complete WHO figures for the World Bank sub-Saharan African region – about 9.6-million people died in the region, amounting to an average of 7.2-million deaths in 39 weeks.
IN MANY AFRICAN NATIONS, FAR MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING DAILY THAN HAVE BEEN KILLED BY TERRORISTS IN THE U.S. OR ANY EUROPEAN NATION ALL YEAR, OR EVEN IN THE PAST DECADE, BUT IT SEEMS NO ONE CARES, OR ONLY A HANDFUL SEEM TO. IF 90 PEOPLE HAD BEEN KILLED AND LEFT LYING IN THE STREETS OF PARIS, LONDON, MOSCOW, BERLIN OR NEW YORK CITY, THE WORLD'S MAINSTREAM MEDIA HEADLINES WOULD BE FOCUSED ON THOSE DEAD BODIES.
NIGHTLY NEWS WOULD BE EXTENDED TO COVER THE LATEST.
BUT THIS IS AFRICA.
JUST ANOTHER NORMAL DAY THERE, RIGHT?
WHEN "EXPERTS" WARNED OF THE COMING NECESSARY MIGRATION OUT OF AFRICA AND THE TEA ROOM OFFERED AN ARTICLE "OUT OF AFRICA" AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, FEWER THAN 100 READERS BOTHERED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN AFRICA THAT WILL CAUSE SUCH A MASS EXODUS.
FEWER THAN 100 OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM DOZENS OF NATIONS WHO READ HERE DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY CHOSE TO READ ABOUT AFRICA'S MANY CRISES.
MORE PEOPLE THAN THAT, IN THE SAME TIME FRAME, READ THE MUCH OLDER BLOG ABOUT THAT ERUPTING VOLCANO!
THAT TROUBLES ME... SEEMS AFRICA IS NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE CARE ABOUT.
I CARE, SO HERE'S THE LATEST.
In Bujumbura, Burundi today, 87 bullet-riddled bodies lay strewn over several areas of the nation's capital city.
Africa's Malaria Death Toll Still "Outrageously High"
Africa's Malaria Death Toll ... Malaria kills more than a million people worldwide each year—90 percent of them in Africa;
IF JUST A DOZEN AMERICANS DIED HERE OF MALARIA, IN A WEEK OR IN A MONTH, PEOPLE WOULD GO BERSERK BECAUSE THE "NEWS" WOULD MAKE CERTAIN THEY DID.
The global death toll from the Ebola outbreak centered in west Africa has jumped to 8,235 out of 20,747.
REMEMBER WHEN AMERICA BROUGHT THE FIRST AMERICAN PATIENT HOME FOR TREATMENT?
ONE PATIENT.
ONE, NOT 8 THOUSAND... ONE PATIENT AND THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE HYSTERIA FUELED BY OUR MEDIA.
NUMBER OF DEAD RISES TO 10,000
REMEMBER WHEN AMERICA BROUGHT THE FIRST AMERICAN PATIENT HOME FOR TREATMENT?
ONE PATIENT.
ONE, NOT 8 THOUSAND... ONE PATIENT AND THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE HYSTERIA FUELED BY OUR MEDIA.
NUMBER OF DEAD RISES TO 10,000
NAIROBI, Kenya — As fighting continued to rage across South Sudan on Thursday, a new estimate raised the death toll in the conflict significantly and a senior American official questioned the government’s insistence that a coup attempt was responsible for setting off the violence and instability there.
The International Crisis Group said Thursday that the number of dead from the conflict was close to 10,000 people, a major increase from earlier estimates by the United Nations.
ANOTHER ATTEMPTED COUP.
WHAT IF FRANCE, UTALY, GREECE HAD A COUP ATTEMPT?
NAIROBI, Kenya — As fighting continued to rage across South Sudan on Thursday, a new estimate raised the death toll in the conflict significantly and a senior American official questioned the government’s insistence that a coup attempt was responsible for setting off the violence and instability there.
The International Crisis Group said Thursday that the number of dead from the conflict was close to 10,000 people, a major increase from earlier estimates by the United Nations.
ANOTHER ATTEMPTED COUP.
WHAT IF FRANCE, UTALY, GREECE HAD A COUP ATTEMPT?
BUT IN AFRICA, SUCH THINGS GO UNNOTICED, FOR THE MOST PART, UNLESS IT AFFECTS SOME AMERICAN CORPORATION OR OUR EXTENSIVE MILITARY PRESENCE IN AFRICA.
THERE ARE MANY CURRENT WARS GOING ON IN AFRICA, BUT HOW MANY ARE AWARE OF EVEN HALF OF THOSE?
SOME HAVE BEEN FOUGHT FOR DECADES, OTHERS FOR 3 TO 10 YEARS.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIE THERE EVERY DAY.
MORE TYHAN ONE BILLION LACK CLEAN WATER
Results from a recent study of current living conditions throughout Africa report that more than one billion people do not have enough clean water to provide for their basic human needs.
As a result, more than 2,500 children are dying each day.
EACH DAY, AS IN EVERY DAY.
Entire villages and communities are being wiped out by diseases that are living in dirty water.
Devastating drought is once again threatening the lives of African men, women and children.
In the months ahead, as many as 14 million people will be at risk of starvation and malnutrition.
"Vegetation has decreased drastically," a study on the current conditions within the African continent recently stated.
"The eastern side of the continent on the Horn of Africa is being affected more substantially than others.
"We are seeing an entire continent of people experience suffering like never before!"AFRICA EXISTS. IT IS FULL OF HUMAN BEINGS.
HUMAN BEINGS. NOT LESS HUMAN THAN THE REST OF US.
THINK ABOUT THAT?
WHETHER CHILDREN ARE STARVING HERE IN AMERICA (AND MANY ARE!) OR IN AFRICA, WE NEED TO CARE, AND DO SOMETHING TO HELP.
I CANNOT HELP BUT THINK HOW I WOULD FEEL AS A PARENT OF A CHILD DYING OF THIRST...OR HUNGER....AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.
FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE OPINION THAT THESE CHILDREN SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BORN, THAT AFRICAN WOMEN SHOULD JUST STOP HAVING KIDS, UNDERSTAND THAT BIRTH CONTROL IS NOT ALLOWED BY SEVERAL RELIGIONS, IS REJECTED BY MANY CULTURES/TRIBES AND THAT, IN MOST AFRICAN NATIONS, THIS IS THE CASE.
IN SOME RELIGIONS, A WOMAN CAN BE STONED TO DEATH FOR REFUSING TO HAVE SEX WITH HER HUSBAND, AND STERILE WOMEN ARE UNWELCOME WIVES, EASILY DIVORCED.
IN MANY CULTURES, WOMEN, WIVES, FEMALES ARE THOUGHT OF THE SAME AS CATTLE, SOMETIMES AS EVEN LESS THAN THAT.
DOESN'T MATTER...SUFFERING IS THE SAME FOR ALL, JUST AS DEATH IS, BUT FOR FAR TOO MANY, DEATH IS SLOW AND VERY PAINFUL.
REMEMBER AFRICA.
THE ENTIRE WORLD USES AFRICAN RESOURCES.
THE ENTIRE WORLD DOES NOT ASSIST AFRICAN PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP NOW.
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