23/10/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 23 October, the Council of the EU decided to renew until 31 October 2018 the restrictive measures against four Burundian leaders initially taken in October 2015 (see EUROPE 11635). These individuals, who are blocking attempts to seek a political solution in Burundi, for instance by stirring up violence, are prohibited from entering EU territory and their assets have been frozen. Noting a lack of improvement on the ground, the EU stresses in a...