Belgium flies troops to Burundi
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Brussels - Belgium has sent 10 paratroopers to protect its embassy in Bujumbura amid growing tension in the Burundian capital. A spokesman stressed that Brussels did not envisage a military intervention, or full-scale evacuation of 900 Belgians living in Burundi. More than 500 Westerners have flown out of Bujumbura this week.
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