{"id":13014,"date":"2014-03-09T05:22:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T05:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/south-africa-expels-burundi-diplomat\/"},"modified":"2014-03-09T05:23:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T05:23:08","slug":"south-africa-expels-burundi-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/south-africa-expels-burundi-diplomat\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Expels Burundi Diplomat"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4529 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/hhhh.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Burundi&#8217;s foreign minister ({in photo above}) on Saturday said one of his country&#8217;s diplomats had been expelled from South Africa, though the reason was not immediately clear.}}<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Claude Sindayigaya&#8217;s expulsion was also confirmed by Burundi&#8217;s ambassador to South Africa Isaie Ntirizoshira.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said his actions were injurious to state security. He is gone already,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after South Africa and Rwanda issued tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions on Friday amid a row over the attempted assassination of an exiled Rwandan general in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;South Africa has expelled Sindayigaya, the first secretary of the embassy of Burundi,&#8221; Foreign Minister Laurent Kavakure told media. &#8220;We don&#8217;t yet know the motive behind this decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A South African official confirmed the expulsion of the Burundian diplomat but declined to give details.<\/p>\n<p>Sindayigaya left South Africa on Friday, Kavakure said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are waiting to know more before reacting,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sapa-AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Burundi&#8217;s foreign minister ({in photo above}) on Saturday said one of his country&#8217;s diplomats had been expelled from South Africa, though the reason was not immediately clear.}} Jean-Claude Sindayigaya&#8217;s expulsion was also confirmed by Burundi&#8217;s ambassador to South Africa Isaie Ntirizoshira. &#8220;They said his actions were injurious to state security. 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