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Burundi

Burundi
Population: 8.3 mn.
GDP: 1.4 bn.
Debt: 0.2 bn.
Overview:

President Pierre Nkurunziza's crackdown, which has driven opponents, including FNL leader Agathon Rwasa into exile, continues. Although the IMF has endorsed the government, others are critical about growing corruption.

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  • Vol 53 No 3
  •  3rd February 2012

Storm over opposition man

Tanzania arrested a Burundian seen by many as a man of peace but UN experts say he supports armed rebellion

  • Vol 52 No 22
  •  4th November 2011

Political violence worsens

A hardline faction in the government and the bitter disappointment of the former rebels threaten the country’s hard-won peace

  • Vol 52 No 11
  •  27th May 2011

All the way down

Burundi has a few things in common with Rwanda. One is United States’ gratitude for its soldiers’ work in peacekeeping: Rwandans serve in Darfur, Sudan, and Burundians in the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom). Another is grenade attacks, far more ...

  • Vol 52 No 3
  •  4th February 2011

Bad omens

The clean sweep by President Pierre Nkurunziza and his Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie-Forces pour la défense de la démocratie (CNDD-FDD) at the 2010 elections has failed to dispel fears that violence will increase further. The oppositio...

  • Vol 51 No 13
  •  25th June 2010

Single party rules again

Democracy has not been established despite international encouragement and the presidential election is a one-horse race

  • Vol 51 No 7
  •  2nd April 2010

A united opposition protest

The President fears he may not be re-elected in June; his opponents fear they may be eliminated

  • Vol 50 No 18
  •  11th September 2009

Nkurunziza's formula for victory

Election rules seemed to have been agreed but the President wants new ones to make sure he wins

  • Vol 50 No 18
  •  11th September 2009

The vote and the money

The good news for Burundi is that 80% of the cost of next year's elections - US$45 million, about 5% of the budget - will be paid by foreign donors. The bad news for President Pierre Nkurunziza is that those donors will watch to see that the elections are...

  • Vol 49 No 10
  •  9th May 2008

Peace deal in shreds

The rebel attacks on Bujumbura last month threaten to unravel the regime and the tottering economy

  • Vol 48 No 16
  •  3rd August 2007

Going wrong again

The rebel Forces Nationales de Libération (FNL) were supposed to negotiate a cease-fire with the government. On 21 July their chief, Jean-Berchmans Ndayishimiye, walked out, followed by his 27 colleagues – some carrying rifles stolen from South African pe...

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