Syria’s opposition will stick to the cessation of hostilities despite alleged violations by the Syrian government on Saturday, reports Reuters.

The Syrian opposition alleged that Syria’s government violated the ceasefire 15 times  with more breaches on Sunday.

The spokesperson for the opposition High Negotiating Committee (HNC) Salim al-Muslat said,

“The decision to remain quiet, not to do anything, and I believe they will stick to the truce. Yesterday was the first day people can really go out and walk on the streets.”

The African Union will send 100 human rights monitors and 100 military monitors to Burundi, announced South Africa’s president after a visit to the country, reports Reuters.

Speaking after his two day visit to the country where 400 people have been killed since April last year, President Zuma said,

“We believe strongly that the solution to Burundi’s political problems can be attained only through inclusive and peaceful dialogue.”

The European Union has voted for an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia in response to the states heavy bombing of Yemen during its campaign against Houthi militants.

The non-binding motion was passed by 359 votes to 212, and adds to a code of conduct agreed by the EU in 2008 where countries promised to not sell weapons to countries where they might be used “to commit serious violation of international humanitarian law.”

A British lawmaker and Labour MEP Richard Howitt, who helped draft the motion, said,

The United States presented a draft to the United Nations Security Council resolution seeking to dramatically tighten existing restrictions on North Korea, reports Reuters.

The draft calls on UN member states to conduct inspections of all cargo passing through their territory to or from North Korea to look for illicit goods.

The resolution added further calls for bans on all supplies of aviation and rocket fuel to North Korea.

A report by released by the UN on Thursday states that all sides of the conflict in Libya are likely to have committed war crimes, including rape, extrajudicial executions and torture.

“A multitude of actors, both state and non-state, are accused of very serious violations and abuses that may, in many cases, amount to war crimes,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said.

The UN investigative team, examined the conflict during 2014 and 2015. The team was only able to visit Libya once due to security concerns, however over 200 witnesses and victims were interviewed.

The UN on Wednesday air dropped 21 tonnes of humanitarian aid goods to Syria, in its first air drop to the region.

The air drop took place in the region of Deir la-Zour, where the UN estimates over 200,000 civilians have become besieged by Islamic State forces.

"Earlier this morning, a WFP (World Food Programme) plane dropped the first cargo of 21 tonnes of items into Deir al-Zour," the UN's aid chief Stephen O'Brien told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.