U.S. warns of possible Burundi sanctions, alarmed at arms reports

Speaking to reporters after a closed-door United Nations Security Council meeting on Burundi, Power also expressed alarm at reports about the distribution of weapons to militias supporting President Pierre Nkurunziza. She described those reports as credible.

"The United States is very carefully monitoring the situation, and we are prepared to take targeted measures including visa bans or sanctions against those who plan and or participate in widespread violence of the kind that we all fear," she said. (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau)