4 More Protesters Killed in Fresh Burundi Protest

At least four people have been killed in fresh protests in Burundi, witnesses say, after President Pierre Nkurunziza vowed not to seek a fourth term.

A government supporter was burnt alive and an opposition supporter was shot in the head, the witnesses said. The African Union (AU) has joined the US in urging Mr Nkurunziza to drop his plans to seek a third term at elections due in June.

The unrest is the worst in Burundi since a civil war ended in 2005. Seventeen people have now been killed in almost daily protests since Mr Nkurunziza announced late last month that he would seek to extend his 10-year rule.

The government has denounced the protesters as "terrorists" who were leading an "insurrectional movement".

Witnesses told the Newsmen that in the latest violence three opposition supporters were killed - two were shot by police while the third was killed in a grenade attack blamed on supporters of the ruling CNDD-FDD party. A member of the party's youth wing, Imbonerakure, also died after being set on fire by protesters in what appeared to be a revenge attack, the witnesses added.

The violence took place in the capital, Bujumbura, and in Gisozi, a rural area about 50km (30 miles) away. This is the furthest that the protests have spread, correspondents say.