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Burundi: Government
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When the newly elected president of Burundi took power in August 2005, he promised to bring an end to human rights violations. According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the government has failed to deliver on that promise. Armed hostilities continue between the Forces Nationales de Liberation and the Bujumbura government, as well as executions and torture of civilians and suspected rebels. HRW calls on the international community to publicly acknowledge the new wave of abuses and react promptly.
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The dense forests and lush vegetation of Cankuzo, a remote province in northern Burundi, hide the dangers that the local people face on a daily basis. The hills are hideouts for rebels who roam the area and – in their fight against government troops – rob, rape and kill civilians and destroy farms. Government troops are known to be equally merciless with anyone suspected of supporting the rebels. Every night, people from the hills around Cankuzo come down to spend the night in the relative safety of the town.
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From January 2006 the Burundi government's external relations turned increasingly toward Muslim Africa, influenced by Radjabu Hussein, the Muslim head of Burundi's governing party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy. Diverse bilateral cooperation agreements covering the military, economic development, education, and the teaching of Arabic were made with The Sudan, Libya, and Morocco. Because 90% of the population was Christian, this represented a noticeable departure in diplomacy.
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[S]o on November 12, 1996, Burundi disappeared under the bed of Lake Tanganyika. The government of the Congo declared an emergency military alert, fearing that Burundi would trespass underneath its national borders. Zambia, claiming that Burundi had turned south beneath the lake and was encroaching beneath its borders, bombed its own lakeshore. Refugees streamed south to Mbala, but army personnel assumed the Zambian fisherfolk were invading Burundians and massacred them all.
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The government of Burundi and the rebel FNL, the only Hutu rebel group not to join the 2000 peace process, have agreed a temporary truce and terms for negotiations for a comprehensive settlement. While South African President Thabo Mbeki had to intervene to mediate during a last minute deadlock, the agreement marks an important milestone in the efforts to end Burundi’s long running conflict. A July 2, 2006 deadline has been set for a permanent ceasefire.
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Burundi's government and rebels of the National Liberation Forces (FNL) completed six days of peace talks, which will resume as soon as a ceasefire is confirmed. Fighting continued during the talks, killing two civilians, two soldiers, and three FNL fighters. A peacekeeper shot during election violence has ... died of his wounds.
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