A masked demonstrators stands on a barricade in the Cibitoke neighborhood of Bujumbura

  Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza on Wednesday signed a decree to postpone parliamentary elections for a week from May 26 until early June, as police battled with hundreds of protesters wounding at least one person in continuing unrest over the president's bid for a third term in office.

A masked demonstrators stands on a barricade in the Cibitoke neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, Tuesday May 19, 2015. A climate of fear has engulfed in Burundi’s capital, as President Pierre Nkurunziza’s

The parliamentary elections will be held on June 6, Willy Nyamitwe, the presidential adviser for media, told The Associated Press.read more