Update: Burundi's Nkurunziza warns of al-Shabab after coup fails

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has said his country faces a specific threat from the Somali Islamist movement al-Shabab. Mr Nkurunziza who appeared in public in the capital Bujumbura for the first time since a failed coup bid against him was launched on Wednesday.

The president said he came to his office to speak on the telephone with the leaders of Kenya and Uganda regarding a specific threat from the Islamist group al-Shabab. Mr Nkurunziza says me no comment on coup till investigations done.

 "We must wait for the report. We are making investigation. Some have been arrested. The others are to come," president Nkurunziza said

On Saturday 18 people appeared in court on charges of helping the coup bid.  The alleged ringleader, Godefroid Niyombare, is still on the run.