Opposition parties and civil society groups are set to resume protests Sunday after a day’s break on Saturday.
Citizens took advantage of the long break on protest to stock up enough food and money from the banks.
They argue that President Pierre Nkurunziza third-term bid violates both the constitution, which limits a president to two terms in office and the accords that ended a twelve year civil war between Tutsis and Hutus in 2006.
The UN Security Council held closed-door consultations on the violence and ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says the ICC is keeping a close watch on events unfolding in Burundi and will prosecute perpetrators of unrest.
There have been reports that youth allied to the ruling party have been going around marking in red, houses to be targeted for attack.
More than 50,000 Burundians have fled in recent weeks to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said.
