"Robust action" needed to avert civil war in Burundi - UN human rights chief 


"Robust action" is needed by the international community to avert civil war in Burundi the UN human rights chief has warned.

At least 400 people have been killed in political violence in the Great Lakes country since April.
Some may have been summarily executed.

220,000 Burundians have fled and are now refugees in neighboring countries.

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

"Burundi is at bursting point, on the very cusp of a civil war. The time for piecemeal responses and fiddling around the edges is over. The situation in Burundi demands a robust, decisive response from the international community."

Zeid was speaking at a special Human Rights Council session on Burundi held in Geneva.


SOURCE: UN Radio