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It comes as a unity government was approved in March to lead the war-ravaged North African nation to December elections.
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
Several thousand Central Africans -- mostly from President Touadéra's United Hearts Movement, took to the streets of Bangui on Thursday.
[Cameroon Tribune] This follows incessant attacks and displacement of civilians in the country.
WFP halts evacuation flights in northern Mozambique
10 people died in Northern Burkina Faso Sunday after an attack on a humanitarian convoy by armed terrorist groups, the government said.
In a statement, the government said the attack on the Foubé-Barsalogho area by the groups targeted a humanitarian convoy returning from Foubé after having delivered food aid there.
According to local police, the dead include 5 civilians and 5 police officers.
The Burkinabe government also announced the killing of 30 people by armed groups in the east of the country Saturday.
The East and North of Burkina Faso are the most affected regions of the country by jihadist attack which have left more than 900 dead and 860,000 displaced over the past five years.
[Dalsan Radio] The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until Aug. 31, 2020.
Egypt on Saturday unveiled a plan to end the years-long civil war in Libya, in an initiative accepted by the commander of the Libyan eastern forces that have suffered heavy losses in recent weeks.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi announced the plan in Cairo, alongside Khalifa Haftar, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) and Agila Saleh, the chief of Libya's allied elected parliament.
El-Sissi told a news conference that the proposed plan, which he called the \"Cairo Declaration\" includes a ceasefire starting on Monday and the departure of foreign militias from Libya.
Election pathway
El-Sissi added that the plan also aims to pave the way for elections in the North African country and that it would encourage a \"return of normal life\" in Libya and also warned against continuing to look for a military solution to the conflict.
Read more: European states urge 'humanitarian truce' in Libya
Haftar's LNA has recently suffered significant military setbacks at the hands of the GNA, which is allied with Turkey and Qatar -- Egypt's regional rivals.
