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In response to information on a possible terrorist threat, on 3 July U.S. authorities moved their citizenry from northern Burkinabe areas to the national capital, Ouagadougou, Agence France-Presse reports. The evacuation came two days after the U.S. State Department issued a warning that Islamist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) planned to kidnap a U.S. national in the region bordering Mali.citizenry from northern Burkinabe areas to the national capital, Ouagadougou, Agence France-Presse reports. The evacuation came two days after the U.S. State Department issued a warningthat Islamist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) planned to kidnap a U.S. national inthe region bordering Mali.In response to information on a possible terrorist threat, on 3 July U.S. authorities moved theircitizenry from northern Burkinabe areas to the national capital, Ouagadougou, Agence France-Presse reports. The evacuation came two days after the U.S. State Department issued a warningthat Islamist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) planned to kidnap a U.S. national inthe region bordering Mali. |
