“International Envoys for the Great Lakes Region of Africa have said that it is urgent to have an East African Standby Force ready to intervene in Burundi in case situation keeps deteriorating. In a joint communiqué, the envoys said; ‘given the stakes of escalation, they request ‘AU Commission to expedite and finalize, in consultation with EAC and East African Standby Force, the contingency planning in order to respond to possibility of much wider-spread violence, should the situation so require.’”
Source: International Community Endorses Military Intervention In Burundi – KT PRESS
