Burundi: another genocide coming
Whilst we may recall the Rwanda genocide in 1993, few know its neighbour Burundi had a longer ethnic civil war from 1993-2000, until the Arusha peace agreement and today it is sliding into yet more violence. A lengthy overview via Open Democracy:https://www.opendemocracy.net/andrew...is-and-warning
Somehow I doubt there is the will, let alone capability in the UN or Africa for another peacekeeping mission and certainly not till "normal office hours" in early January 2016.
The man who knew too much
Burundi may have slipped from the foreground, although the BBC News has a number of reports - violence is a regular feature, not the feared civil war. A June 2016 BBC country profile:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13085064
Today's The Guardian has a long report on the continuing violence, which has some odd twists:https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-knew-too-much
4 ways in which the Burundi crisis is far from over
A rare update on Burundi, by anonymous locals and sub-titled: 'The government is calling on its 380,000 refugees to return home, claiming the country is safe. Why does no-one believe them?'
It appears that some of the violence is directed as former military:
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Since then, there has been an intensification of executions, torture and detention, mainly against ex-FAB. During reprisal operations following the assault, at least one former soldier was killed by the security forces and 15-25 arrested.
Link:http://africanarguments.org/2017/02/...far-from-over/