The Burundi government has ordered the United Nations Human Rights Council to shut its office in the country within two months, foreign ministry and UN sources told AFP.
The government on Wednesday sent a verbal note to resident UN coordinator Garry Conille to transmit the message to the rights council’s High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet in Geneva.
“All international staff must be immediately redeployed and the office has two months to pack up and close its doors,” according to the high ranking source at the foreign ministry, speaking on condition of anonymity.
A UN source confirmed the information but also asked not to be named.
“The Burundi government is growing more radical and defiant towards the international community,” the source said, highlighting Bujumbura’s boycott of an East African Community Summit in November. Read more
