2 U.S. Embassies Closing Briefly
U.S. embassies in the West African countries of Ghana and Togo were closed Monday because of security threats, the State Department said.
The embassy in Ghana will be closed at least through Wednesday, according to an announcement released here and in the Ghanaian capital of Accra.
In Togo, the embassy was to be closed Monday and “possibly additional days,” a separate announcement said.
Americans in the two countries were urged to avoid all U.S. facilities. State Department spokesman Lee McClenny offered no comment beyond the announcements.
There have been a number of security alerts at U.S. embassies since the terrorist bombings in Kenya and Tanzania three weeks ago.
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