Posts Tagged ‘Burundi’
Burundi ain't Rwanda
It gets treated that way. “They both have hills!” “They both have Hutus and Tutsis in the same proportions!” “They both even had genocide…except nobody really knows about Burundi’s.”
But anyone who’s taken the Kigali-Bujumbura express knows, hills and Hutus and mutually intelligible languages that no one else in the world speaks aside, [...]
Burundi rebels’ unintentional allies
The peace is shaky again in Burundi, where the government is accusing the FNL rebels of plotting further attacks, and the FNL are saying–as they have been for years–that they just want to be a legitimate political party. So says Reuters.
This is good news for anyone who makes money off of instability, which is [...]
Newsflash: A war, hopefully, ends
The rebel group that’s been causing a ruckus in Burundi signed a peace deal with the government today.
File this away in your head under, “Things that are more significant than they sound.”
Burundi has had a tough go of history, with rounds of massacres that mirror, both metaphorically and (at least in part) causally, the violence [...]
How do you know what it means when bombs go off?
Last night, shots and shells fell near the same city that brought me such needed reprieve only a week ago.
The FNL lashed out at Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, with more severity (if by severity, you understand “mortar fire” ) than the country has seen in at least a year. At grad school, we [...]
Decoding the news
Here’s an article from Agence France Press, which is like the A.P. or Reuters–those big news organizations that cover the world in “traditional journalism style.” You’ll recognize it; it’s that thing Jon Stewart mocks so brilliantly. The article is short, but I made it shorter, so I can get to the point:
BUJUMBURA (AFP) [...]
In Real News from the Region…
This will be a hopefully frequent “feature” on the blog, where I’ll break with my more fun, writerly self to objectively share news from the region, in that more traditional news voice. Think of me as your RSS feed for things you didn’t know you wanted to know about Central Africa. You’re welcome.
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