The African Union has appointed five heads of state to talk to the government of Burundi about how to resolve the tension in the country.
An AU statement also says that the five will discuss the deployment of an AU peacekeeping force in the country "if accepted by the government of Burundi".
The idea of the force, which the AU proposed last month, has already been rejected by the government, and it was agreed last week that a delegation would be formed to hold further talks.
The five heads of state are:
- Mauritania's Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- South Africa's Jacob Zuma
- Senegal's Macky Sall
- Gabon's Ali Bongo Ondimba
- Ethiopia's Hailemariam Desalegn
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