Burundi
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Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa,
King Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge
The traditional royal enclosure of Mwambutsa IV of Burundi, penultimate mwami
Independence Square and monument in Bujumbura
View of the economic capital city Bujumbura in 2006
Burundian Civil War
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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 b
People fleeing during 1993 Burundian genocide that marked the civil war's start
Building torched during the 1993 genocide
Ex-President Pierre Buyoya took over the Burundian government in the 1996 coup
Pierre Nkurunziza was elected president in 2005