UN decides to send police force to Burundi

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Friday agreed to deploy a UN police force to Burundi to monitor human rights and help quell violence in the African country.

The council adopted by a vote of 11 in favor and four abstentions a resolution drafted by France on dispatching up to 228 UN police to the capital Bujumbura and throughout Burundi for an initial period of one year.