AU agrees to send troops to stop violence in Burundi

The African Union will send a 5,000 strong force to stop violence in troubled Burundi, giving Bujumbura a four-day deadline to agree but warning it would send troops anyway.

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has asked warring parties in Burundi to put an end to extrajudicial killings in the country.

Mali urges the UN to send a rapid intervention force to fight Islamist militants in the country, following the killing of peacekeepers in the north.

China says 700 troops are ready to be deployed to South Sudan to bolster a UN peacekeeping force in the world's newest state.

The EU aims to enforce a UN arms embargo but remains concerned about migrant boats from Libya.

The African Union announces a plan to send 5,000 peacekeepers to protect civilians in Burundi, even without the government's consent.

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UN officials are making plans to rush peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Burundi if violence spirals out of control there, diplomats said Wednesday.

Heavy fighting breaks out between rival groups of soldiers in Burundi's capital amid confusion about the attempted overthrow of the president.