. >> the united nations african union and human rights groups are concerned about the killings, which they all say has ethnic die mention to them. it's a disturbing trend for those who follow burundi. more people now seem to have weapons. >> if they decide to combine forces the vigilante groups, and the armed more organized armed groups we could find a rebellion that is much more dangerous, much more sophisticated, and 67 more resources to challenge the state. >> the armed men told us they won't give you will until the president steps down. government forces insist that they'll hunt down each one of them, many innocent people are caught in the middle. catherine soi, al jazeera. >> well, jacob the spokesman for the african union. he said that leaders into burundi need to start talking to each other in order to create peace. they're creating a contingency. the dialogue that the international community is hoping. the low intensity killings continues the african union would not have any other choice. it's important that the dialogue is the solution. if we're going to dialogue later on, wh

. >> the united nations, african union and human rights groups are concerned about the killings, which they all say have ethnic dimension to them. it's a disturbing trend. more people now seem to have weapons. >> if they decide to combine forces, the ridge atlantay groups and the armed organized armed groups, we could find a rebellion that is much more dangerous. much more sophisticated, and be able to gather much more resources to challenge the state. >> the armed men told us that they won't give up until the president steps down. government sources insist that they'll hunt down each one of them. many innocent people are caught in the middle. catherine soi, al jazeera. >> a fire on board an oil rig has killed 32 people. azerbaijan's protection committee said that 42 workers were rescued, and that the blaze has now been ex-wishe extinguished. a gas pipeline was damaged during heavy winds. >>> delegates at the conference in paris have approved a dossier. that document is to be discussed by ministers on monday. delegates will try to arrive in a settlement by the end of next week. 195 cou

negotiate with government when we are committing homicides like this one >> reporter: the united nations, african union and human rights groups are concerned about the killing which they all say has an ethnic dimension to them. it's a disturbing event for those following burundi events closely. there are also killings following the 2010 presidential election but more people now seem to have weapons. >> if necessity design to combine forces, the vigila, nte and more organized armed groups, we could find a rebellion that is much more dangerous, more sophisticated and gather more resources to challenge the state >> reporter: the armed men told us they won't give up until the president steps down. government forces incest they will hand down each one of them. many innocent people are caught in the middle >>> aa look at how burundi became trapped in violence in the last few months. protests began in april after the ruling party announced the president would run for a third term. in may burundi's top court decided that he can run in the election. protesters took in the street and then tens of violence. the a

african union. he says people in burundi needs to start talking to each other in order to have peace. >> together with the united nations the african union is already planning a contingency just so to shoot the dialogue that the international community is hoping. the low intensity killings that is currently only going and continues, the african union wouldn't have any other choice than to cause this deployment as soon as possible. it is important to stress as the person of the the dialogue needs to happen and so why not have that dialogue now to save the innocent people that die every day >>> at least 32 workers are thought to have caught fire after an oil platform was on fire. >> reporter: in high winds and rough seas, a blaze engulfs the platform. it is believed more than 80 workers were on the oil rig when the blaze started overnight with some managing to escape into life boats. the government is yet to confirm casualty number but an independent report says that dozens of people has been killed last year 14 workers were killed in accidents on the companies's ill and gas platforms. the country has some of the richest

. >> reporter: the united nations, african union and human rights groups are concerned about the killings which they all say have an ethnic dimension to them. it's a disturbing trend for those who follow the burundi affairs closely such as this lady. there were also killings following the 2010 presidential election but nor people now seem to have weapons. >> if they would decide to combine forces, the vigilante groups and the more organized armed groups, we could find a rebellion that is much more dangerous, sophisticated and they would be able to gather more resours to challenge the state. >> reporter: the armed men told us they won't give up until the president steps down. government forces insist they will hand down each one of them, many innocent are caught in the middle >>> the f.b.i. is investigating the mass shooting in the u.s. state of california as an act of terrorism. while there are reports that the female shooter prejudiced pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l. on facebook, the agency says it's unlikely the couple were directed or ordered by i.s.i.l. to carry out this attack. our co

. >> reporter: the united nations, african union and human rights groups are concerned about the killings which they all say have an ethnic dimension to them. it's a disturbing trend for those who follow burundi affairs closely. there are also killings following the 2010 presidential election but more people now seem to have weapons. >> if they would decide to combine forces, the vigil dante and the more organized armed groups, we could find a rebellion that is much more dangerous, much more sophisticated and they will have more resources to challenge the state. >> reporter: the armed men told us they won't give up until the president steps down. government forces insist that they will hand down each one of them. many innocent people are caught in the middle. catherine soi >>> rescuers are trying to save workers stranded on an ill platform that caught fire in the caspian sea. it erupted on friday during a storm. 25 people have been saved. multiple casualties are yet to be confirmed >>> still to come here. hundreds dry in flooding in southern india, including 14 patients after rising water

. >> the united nations african union and human rights groups are concerned by the killings, which they all say have ethnic dimension to them. there are also killings following the 2010 presidential election but more people now seem to have weapons. >> if they decide to combine forces, the vigilante groups and the armed--the more organized armed groups, we could find a rebellion that is much more dangerous, much more sophisticated, and we would be able to bring together much more resources to challenge the state. >> the armed men told us that they would not give up until t they step down. many innocent people are caught in the middle. >> let's look at how burundi became trapped in violence. now in may burundi's top court decided that the president can run in the elections. more protesters took to the streets, and tens of thousands fled the violence. later that month an army unit tried to overthrow the president. that coup failed. after delayed the election took place in july and the re-election was reflected. it was called a joke. later, the security council began to con den killing and

. >> the united nations, african union, and human rights groups are concerned about the killings, which they all say have ethnic dimension to them. it's a disturbing trend for those who follow burundi's trends closely. they're also killings following the 2015 presidential election but more people now seem to have weapons. >> if they would decide to combine forces, the vigilante groups and the armed organized armed groups we could find a rebellion that is much more dangerous, much more sophisticated, and there would be able to gather much more resources to challenge the state. >> the armed men told us they won't give up until the president steps down. government forces insist they'll hand down each one of them. many innocent people are caught in the middle. catherine soi, al jazeera. >> well, the african union told us they could send in peace keepers if things get worse. >> they stand by, the african stand by force the low intensity came in, the arching union wouldn't have any other choice but to cause this as soon as possible. the dialogue is the solution, and if we're going to dialogue

african stand by force is ready. together with the united nations, the african union is already planning a contingency just to shoot the dialogue back. and the low intensity killings that is currently ongoing continues. it's important as chairperson of the africa union commissions, it is necessary to have dialogue as the solution. if we're going to dialogue sometime later on, why not dialogue now and save the lives. >> i can see the argument from people in burundi right now. it's simply every day you wait more and more people are going to die. send in the forces and then have dialogues. so why wait? actually the situation is ongoing. the chairperson has been speaking to various leaders within the region, and we are hoping for more cooperation. >> thank you for talking with us. coming up, hundreds of people died in southern india including 14 hospital patients after waters cut the power to their life support machine. we'll have that report. stay with us if you can. >> more news from al jazeera. these are the global headlines. the iraqi government insist it's own forces can handle the threat of isil alone and called for

. >> the united nations, african union and human rights groups are concerned about the killings, which they say has an ethnic dimension to them >>> it's a close affair. they were killing followed the 2010 presidential election, but more people now seem to have weapons. >> if they decide to combine forces, the vigilante groups and organised armed groups, we could find a rebellion that is more dangerous, sophisticated and gather more resources to challenge the state. >> the armed men told us they won't give up until president pierre nkurunziza steps down. government forces insist they'll hunt down each one of them. many innocent people are caught in the middle. >> angela is a researcher at the floridaish african institute and university of salah. she says the conflict is unlikely to develop along ethnic lines. >> there is, you know, an escalation of violence since the third-term protest, and election of president nooupierre nkurunz we have 220,000 killed. a little over 200,000 people who have fled the country and are in refugee camp, and an unknown number of people who are displaced insi

african union finalize contingency plans to prevent violence in the country. i call upon the e.u. to convene a meeting with special envoys from the united nations, african union, the united states, european union and belgium as well as representatives from the east african community to discuss coordination between the united nations, the e.u. on the security council's recommendations and identify ways that the international actors can support the increased number of human rights monitors and military observers authorized by the a.u. in october. third, it is imperative that we help put in place mechanisms for accountability for those who have engaged in extra judicial killings during this period of time. those who have committed these atrocities must be held accountable. the international community must be firm about this. we cannot allow those who perpetrate these crimes to go unpunished. the united states has made promise to actively prevent the commission of mass atrocities. as the unrest continues, people are suffering in refugee camps or living in fear of their homes, afraid to go out at night. violence is on the rise. the the economy is in

the troops will be mainly drawn from east african nations and if the events of last week that move african union as well as the united nations to call for urgent action to insure that about a run di does not slide back into chaos. the violence in burundi started after the president announced that he was seeking a third term in office. now the violence that's been going on in the past few months has affected life in general in burundi, and has hit the economy, which the international monetary funds says is going to shrink by 7.2% this year. >> rwanda's said that base on votes counted so far. 98% who voted in friday's referendum are in favor of their president running in further terms in office. in addition to that seven-year team they would be eligible to serve two further five-year terms and he could stay in power until 2034. we have this update. >> the elect traditional commission said that 98.3% voters said yes to change the constitution, to change it's presidential term limits. they also said in what is an unusual kiss begins that the voter turn out was 98.3%. critics of which there are few here. very few in rwand

african union burundi has 96 hours to respond. how do you think they are likely to respond? >> reporter: well so far burundi has been reacting to proposals from the united nations for the deployment of foreign forces in burundi. they say that is not an idea that they will agree to. we don't know how it will be reacting to the african union proposal, and once it becomes a decision of the peace and security council, we have spoken to the foreign minister who told us that they have not been contacted by the au, they have not been informed of this position and they say they will make their comments known once they have received word from the african union. however, in the instance that burundi refuses to accept these troops, the act of the african union, chapter four, allows the african union to intervene in a member country if the lives of civilians are at risk. >> thank you for that, mohammad adow reporting live from bujumbura. >>> still to come on the progr program, chris 10 la gard is to stand trial for a trorvel payment, coming up. a controversial payment, coming up. trying to make it. >> a real look at the american dream. "hard earned". sunday, 10:00 eastern.

(t) african union says it plans to send 5,000 peace keepers to the burundi. the united nations say it will investigate violence there. when pierre nkurunziza sought a third term in office and went on to win. >>> in neighboring rwanda, a referendum is on, whether allowing president paul kagame can run for a third term. kagame has ruled rwanda since his ethnic tutsi ended the conflict in 1994. tell us what the turnout has been like so far this morning? >> that's right, we are at a polling station in central kagale where president kagame is expected to vote at any moment now. this isn't a regular polling place, people have been very quiet lining up coming in and voting. president kagame himself hasn't said whether he will stand for another term or not yet. he says he is going to wait for the outcome of this referendum so he can gauge the will of the people as to how much they want him to run again. this is a slightly contentious issue while supporters say the reason for this referendum is the will of rwandan people can be realized. opposition leaders of which there are a few in th

. >>> the african union says it won't allow a genocide at that i can to place in burundi. and the united nationwarning the country is on the brink of civil war. at least 400 people have been killed there since april. the fighting is related to the reelection of the president which many people oppose. >>> a u.n. investigation has found the organization failed to act on child sex abuse carried out by peacekeepers in central african republic. secretary general ban ki-moon says he accepts the findings and will take action. gabriel elizondo has more from the united nations head quart in other words new york. >> reporter: when french troops in the central african republic work under united nations mandate were accused of raining six young boys the u.n. failed the very people this were sent there to a text. according to a highly anticipated over 100-page long independent report. commissioned by the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon, the united nations and its agencies grossly mishandled those allegations. the report states, among other things, instead of following up on the allegations of child rain,

african union troops deployed in his country. the actual u. plans to sends 5,000 peacekeepers with or without duh run did i's consents united nations has warned the brink of civil war. meanwhile, more than 75 people were killed in fighting near the border with saudi arabia in the last three days. despite a ceasefire and peace talks. >>> u.s. democratic presidential hopefuls have been facing off in their third tv debate. it took place in new hampshire some of the keyishes were national security, gun control and the economy. for both hillary clinton and bernie sanders laid out plans for defeating aisles. >> what i believe has got to happen is there must be an international coalition, including russia. a well-coordinated effort but i agree as i mentioned a moment action with king da abdullah ths is a war for islam. the troops on the ground should not be american troops they should be muslim troops. i believe that countries like saudi arabia and qatar have to step up to the plate, they have to contribute the money that we need and the troop that his we need to destroy siz isis. >>> now we are getting reports of an air strike in du damascus, there

the premier league >>> the united nations has warned burundi is on the brink of civil war as the president runs for a third term. burundi has rejected a plan by the african union to deploy five thousand peacekeepers to end months of political violence. any such deployment will be seen as an attack says the government. from the capital. >> reporter: scenes like these have prompted the african union to act. the killing of civilians in the capital last week raised fears that burundi is sliding into a civil war. the u.n. warns it is on the brink. >> translation: all we want is peace. we're against the killing of civilians. our presidential forces shall only target those in fighting them. >> reporter: burundi government leaders now have 72 hours to respond to the african union over its plan to send peacekeepers. mps in burundi expect to debate the matter on monday >> we believe in our security forces and we don't need other forces to come to help them because they have proved that they are able to secure the country. so this is why i find it ridiculous to send 5,000 troops to burundi when the army and the police are able to secure the country. >> reporter: the feel

african union itself recognizes that they cannot actually intervene without burundi's permission. in order to do so, they would either have to violate international law or seek the permission of the united nationsy council. the united nations security council did issue a press release this morning saying they are following the development with interest. but there is no yet indication as to which way they would vote in push came to shoe. so the next 72 hours will be crucial. burundi eater has to accept the intervention by the african union or the african your will have to take more divisive steps. >> and if they do that and troops are sent to burundi, is a clash with government troops then inevitable? >> that would be considered a violation of international law and certainly a very new step for the african union to take. it remains to be seen what would happen. thein' security council has, in fact, been following the burundi situation with interest. they have had a recent unanimous resolution in favor of human rights monitors and further interest in the conflict. they would be the deciding factor here. uganda has recently restarted negotiations between the opposition and the burundi government a