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Background: Burundi's first democratically elected president was assassinated in October 1993 after only one hundred days in office. Since then, some 200,000 Burundians have perished in widespread, often intense ethnic violence between Hutu and Tutsi factions. Hundreds of thousands have been internally displaced or have become refugees in neighboring countries. Burundi troops, seeking to secure their borders, briefly intervened in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1998. A new transitional government, inaugurated on 1 November 2001, signed a power-sharing agreement with the largest rebel faction in December 2003 and set in place a provisional constitution in October 2004. Implementation of the agreement has been problematic, however, as one remaining rebel group refuses to sign on and elections have been repeatedly delayed, clouding prospects for a sustainable peace.




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What does Eric want from me?
100 days ago: Jabe published a blog
What does Eric want from me?
June 22nd 2009  Africa » Burundi » West » Bujumbura
The minibus I catch to Bujumbura originates in Kigali, and I'm the only new boarder so I have the least comfortable seat available - and that's without taking into account the sizable lady next to me ... 14 photos [full story]

194 days ago: Sean25 published a blog
Kigali to Bujumbura and back to Kigali
April 28th 2009  Africa » Burundi » West » Bujumbura
Well today Jess and i left at about half 5 to the bus statuion, you would think at 6 in the morning it will be quite down at the bus station but no. As soon as we got there some random guy came over a ... [full story]


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