Congo war fears grow as M23 rebels approach Burundian forces in the east
Any showdown over Bukavu, some 200 km south of Goma, which Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized this week, could exacerbate ethnic ...
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Ex-army chief killed as fears grow of new Burundi civil war
The former head of Burundi's army during its 13-year civil war was assassinated Saturday, further fuelling fears of a new civil war in the restive east central African country. Colonel Jean ...
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The opposing sides in the four-year-old civil war in Burundi raped, tortured, and killed thousands of civilians and looted and destroyed civilian property in 1997. The Tutsi-dominated armed forces ...
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M23 rebels face Burundian forces in eastern Congo, heightening war fears
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.