The US Embassy in Kigali closes its Doors

After the Al Qaeda Announcement that it plans to strike over US Embassies across the world, US Embassy in Kigali closes its doors as a measure of security.Different American Embassies will close its doors until Friday, 09, August the US Secretary of State Office stated.

Firstly of all Embassies located I the Middle East and in the Northern Africa were the most concerned  with the decision but yesterday more other US embassies in the Great Lakes Region closed, including the one in Kigali.

Below is a list of these embassies:

US in Antananarivo Madagascar,

US Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,

US Embassy ,Amman ,Jordan,

US Embassy bin Bujumbura,Burundi,

US Embassy Cairo ,Egypt,

US Consulate  Dhahran,Saudi Arabia,

US Embassy ,Djibouti,Djibouti ,

U.S. Embassy Antananarivo, Madagascar

U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

U.S. Embassy Amman, Jordan

U.S. Embassy Bujumbura, Burundi

U.S. Embassy Cairo, Egypt

U.S. Consulate Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

U.S. Embassy Djibouti, Djibouti

U.S. Embassy Dhaka, Bangladesh

U.S. Embassy Doha, Qatar

U.S. Consulate Dubai, United Arab Emirates

U.S. Consulate Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

U.S. Embassy Khartoum, Sudan

U.S. Embassy Kigali, Rwanda

U.S. Embassy Kuwait City, Kuwait

U.S. Embassy Manama, Bahrain

U.S. Embassy Muscat, Oman

U.S. Embassy Port Louis, Mauritius

U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

U.S. Embassy Sana’a, Yemen

U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Libya.

US Embassy in Kigali closes its doors at the time when former US  President Bill Clinton is in Rwanda visits Rwanda.

In the past ,Dar-es Salaam and Nairobi US based Embassies were attacked by terrorists.This showed to US that Al Qaeda targets the region.

UM– USEKE.RW