France has submitted a draft resolution at the UN Security Council calling for action to stop the crisis in Burundi, following the rapidly escalating violence.
The council met yesterday at France’s request to discuss Burundi’s worst violence in ten years.
The crisis began in April with protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial decision to stand for a third term.
On Saturday, nine people were shot dead in a bar in the capital Bujumbura.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the killings saying that the dead included a UN staff member.
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has also been critical of the way its neighbour is dealing with crisis and there is increasing concern that the spiral of violence could be taking on more of an ethnic dimension.