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The Burundian Civil War was a civil war in Burundi lasting from 1993 to 2005. The civil war was the result of longstanding ethnic divisions between the Hutu and the Tutsi ethnic groups. The conflict began following the first multi-party elections in the country since its independence from Belgium in 1962, and is seen as formally ending with the ...
Gender & Genocide in Burundi : The Search for Spaces of Peace in the Great Lakes Region. African Issues. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35171-5. International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi: Final Report (S/1996/682), New York: United Nations International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi, 1996; Lemarchand, René (1996).
Burundian Civil War [2] (1993–2005) Burundi: CNDD-FDD PALIPEHUTU FROLINA: Peace treaty. Elections held, CNDD-FDD wins. Several. 300,000 [3] First Congo War (1996 ...
The Burundian Civil War lasted from 1993 to 2005, and an estimated 300,000 people were killed. The conflict ended with a peace process that brought in the 2005 constitution providing guaranteed representation for both Hutu and Tutsi, and parliamentary elections that led to Pierre Nkurunziza, from the Hutu FDD, becoming president.
Under the peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military put in place an ethnic quota system that shared positions between Hutus and Tutsis equally.
The newly constituted Parliament then elected Pierre Nkurunziza President of Burundi. [120] Ndadaye Day is observed annually in Burundi on 21 October to commemorate the president's death. [121] In 2018, the widow of Karibwami and Ntibantunganya called for official recognition of the others killed in the coup attempt. [122]
Burundi has the worst hunger and malnourishment rates of all 120 countries ranked in the Global Hunger Index. [141] The civil war in 1962 put a stop on the medical advancements in the country. [146] Burundi, again, went into a violent cycle in 2015, jeopardising the citizens of Burundi's medical care. [147]
The 1996 Burundian coup d'état [1] was a military coup d'état that took place in Burundi on 25 July 1996. In the midst of the Burundi Civil War, former president Pierre Buyoya (a Tutsi) deposed Hutu President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. [2]