Usumbura
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Usumbura see Bujumbura , Burundi.
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; DEALING with Burundi is a dangerous business-like trying to defuse a new type of bomb. The only similar model, Rwanda, exploded two years ago leaving perhaps as many as 1m dead. So far Burundi has not gone off in the same way, but the fuse burns fiercely. At least 10,000 people have been killed
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; Robert Krueger, the U.S. ambassador to Burundi until last month, has been an outspoken advocate for some kind of U.S. intervention to prevent further violence in the African nation, which is torn by ethnic violence between its Hutu and Tutsi factions. The State Department withdrew him from the
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The Economist (US); 12/14/1996; 912 words
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GENOCIDE UNDER WAY IN BURUNDI.(Local)
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Political life endangers Hutus in Burundi.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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; Byline: Carter Dougherty, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BUJUMBURA, Burundi - Tiny Burundi has seen more than a decade of war, but events in the past few months suggest that it is closer than ever to wrapping up one of Africa's most persistent civil conflicts. Since the country's largest rebel group signed a
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Constitution Suspended In Burundi; Leader Says Coup Was to `Save' People
The Washington Post; 7/27/1996; Stephen Buckley; 1073 words
; ... only to "save a people in distress." At a news conference today, Pierre Buyoya also promised ... to step up its guerrilla war, the Reuter news agency reported. Aid workers said Hutu ... condemnation for its actions. After today's news conference, Buyoya, who met with U.S. Ambassador ...
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Trauma of Rwanda Helps Keep Burundi's Machetes Sheathed
The Washington Post; 6/10/1994; Keith B. Richburg; 1034 words
; The convulsion of violence in Rwanda appears to have had a calming effect on Burundi, which has the same volatile ethnic mix and turbulent history of tribal massacres as its neighbor but has managed to escape the slaughter that descended on Rwanda when a plane crash killed the presidents of both
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Burundi Silence
The Washington Post; 9/1/1988; 492 words
; ... people are massacred. That is, itself, a tragedy. Blaine Harden's news report on the same day pointed out that "the Tutsis practice ... world has become a global village. In 30 minutes on the evening news we can be with George Bush and Dan Quayle on the campaign trail ...
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Countries Blocking Plans On Burundi Intervention; Officials Rule Out Unilateral U.S. Action
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formerly Usumbura City (pop., 2001: 346,000), capital of Burundi. Lying on the northern ... Tanganyika , it is the country's chief port and largest urban centre. Known as Usumbura in the 1890s when German troops occupied the area and incorporated it ...
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