Vol 42 No 21 | BURUNDICONGO-KINSHASA Piecemeal 26th October 2001 Nelson Mandela's plan annoys almost eveyone but there's no alternative in sight We are on the verge of reaching a breakthrough which will bring permanent peace and stability', said Nelson Mandela, former South African President and Burundi's peace mediator, on...
Vol 42 No 21 | BURUNDICONGO-KINSHASA Walk out 26th October 2001 The Kinshasa government's abandonment of the Inter-Congolese dialogue on 19 October raises new doubts about its commitment to the Lusaka peace accord. Foreign Minister Léonard She Okitundu and...
Vol 42 No 19 | BURUNDIRWANDA Negating the negatives 28th September 2001 There is growing concern in Kigali and Bujumbura about the consequences of efforts by Congo-Kinshasa's President Joseph Kabila to expel the 'negative forces', the hardline militias involved in...
Vol 42 No 17 | BURUNDI A sort of peace 31st August 2001 The Mandela peace deal is better than none but its far from final Regional peacemakers are now embroiled in the minutiae of the Arusha Accords on ending Burundi's eight-year civil war, amid general scepticism that the power-sharing agreement brokered by Nelson...
Vol 42 No 5 | BURUNDI Against Arusha 9th March 2001 Rebel militias are stepping up the pressure as Burundi mediator Nelson Mandela drives the peace talks forward. Some 40,000 people have fled the fighting in northern Bujumbura since...
Vol 42 No 2 | BURUNDI Laurent's legacy 26th January 2001 Change in Congo-Kinshasa may now concentrate minds onthe Arusha accord The late President Laurent-Désiré Kabila left an unfinished mystery for Burundi. He had long supported Hutu rebel groups against Major Pierre Buyoya's government in Bujumbura. Yet six days...