Vol 40 No 21 | BURUNDI Losing a peacemaker 22nd October 1999 The mediator died just when his services were most needed The loss of Tanzania's Julius Nyerere on 14 October coincided with a serious worsening of Burundi's internal conflict. Since 18 August, when they made several raids on the...
Vol 40 No 18 | BURUNDI Nervous tension 10th September 1999 Rising violence forces Buyoya to rethink tactics at the Arusha peace talks There has also been bitter fighting in Bujumbura itself, where about 60 people died on 28 August including, according to the army, 20 of the Hutu rebels who...
Vol 40 No 17 | BURUNDI No jogging 27th August 1999 Even Bujumbura's early morning groups of joggers are being stopped and searched by gendarmes posted around the city by order of Burundi's ruler, Major Pierre Buyoya (AC Vol...