Burundi

Burundi

Population: 8.3 million
GDP: $1400 million
Debt: $24.8% of GDP
Overview:

Oppositionists fear intimidation and fraud as the authoritarian President Pierre Nkurunziza and the ruling Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie-Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD-FDD) plan for total victory in the elections in June and August. More violence will hold back the already battered economy.

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  • Vol 45 No 20
  • 08/10/2004

The timetable slips

Politicians scramble for power as the transition's end draws near

  • Vol 45 No 3
  • 04/02/2004

Going Dutch

Peace hopes are rising again after the 19-20 January talks at the Hague between President Domitien Ndayizéyé and Agathon Rwasa, leader of the only militia still fighting, the Parti pour la Libération du Peuple Hutu-Forces Nationales p...

  • Vol 45 No 2
  • 23/01/2004

Cart before horse

An offer of aid may tempt the last rebel movement in from the cold

  • Vol 44 No 25
  • 19/12/2003

Risky dealings

Military reform and a new national army are key to the South African-led peace efforts (AC Vol 44 No 16). They remain on a knife-edge. Since the 16 November ceasefire, brokered by SA Deputy President Jacob Zuma and signed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, there...

  • Vol 44 No 16
  • 08/08/2003

Zuma's other hotspot

Two rebel factions hold the SA-backed peace process to ransom

  • Vol 44 No 9
  • 02/05/2003

Buyoya's boys

In line with the Arusha accord, a Hutu president is taking over from Pierre Buyoya

  • Vol 43 No 25
  • 20/12/2002

Two helpings of peace

Peace deals for both Congo-Kinshasa and Burundi, brokered by South Africa, will be tested early in 2003. The Congo deal, signed in Pretoria on 17 December, proposes a government of national unity, national assembly and senate, with all factions fighting s...

  • Vol 43 No 18
  • 13/09/2002

Peace talk, but is it real?

The main warring factions will meet, all of them split and militant

  • Vol 43 No 6
  • 22/03/2002

Alternating currents

The government is transitional but the opposition fears its power is permanent

  • Vol 42 No 21
  • 26/10/2001

Piecemeal

Nelson Mandela's plan annoys almost eveyone but there's no alternative in sight

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