Kenyan police firing automatic rifles and pistols laid siege to gunmen trying to rob a bank in the western city of Kisumu on Tuesday, foiling a heist but failing to prevent the assailants' escape after the five-hour confrontation.
The United Nations is "temporarily relocating" families of international staff from Ethiopia due to the security situation, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday, adding that U.N. personnel would remain in the country.
Germany urged its nationals on Tuesday to leave Ethiopia on the first available commercial flights, joining France and the United States which have also told their citizens to leave immediately.