Burundi says Rwanda expels 1,300 Burundians as relations fray

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza and First Lady Denise Nkurunziza stand during the ceremony in tribute of the former late President Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza at the national congress palace in Bujumbura, Burundi May 16, 2016.

BURUNDI: Rwanda has expelled more than 1,300 Burundians in the past week after they refused to move to refugee camps, senior Burundi officials said on Monday, amid signs a political crisis is testing relations between the neighboring countries.

Rwandan officials were not immediately available for comment on the reported removals of Burundians who had been working there, many of them for years - an account confirmed by one of those affected.