A small country occupying a strategic location in the unstable Great Lakes region of Africa, Burundi's own recent convulsions have been intimately entangled with deadly conflicts in the neighbouring countries of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The authors outline the origins and nature of the conflict in Burundi, discuss the problems of establishing democracy in a region where ethnic conflict has occasioned genocide, trace the peace process in detail, and assess the prospects for the future. Their work seeks to illuminate the role played by South Africa since 1999 in Burundi's attempted transition to peace and democracy. Bib, 220pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL.

La crise de 1972, appelée ikiza -le fléau- par les Barundi, est la plus grave vécue par ce pays avant la guerre civile qui l'a déchiré entre 1993 et 2003. Aucune étude approfondie de cette crise majeure n'existait. Les nombreux documents et témoignages livrés par les auteurs sur ce génocide des élites hutu aideront aussi à réfléchir sur le génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda en 1994. Les analyses portent aussi sur la construction des propagandes contradictoires et sur le jeu, souvent ambigu, des puissances étrangères. 496pp, IN FRENCH, FRANCE. KARTHALA.

An analysis of the history and politics of Hutu and Tutsi which has engendered wholesale massacres. The institutional minority/majority conflict has many parallels, does the author provide a glimpse of a solution? CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0521451760

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Written by the former UN ambassador to Burundi who arrived in 1993 to rescue the country's democracy and bring together political and ethnic rivals. Ould Abdallah describes the challenges he faced from both Burundians and the international community, and the relationships he fostered with local, diplomatic and NGO communities. The author concludes with an unconventional analysis of what works and what doesn't in the practical realm of preventative diplomacy. Preface by Olusegun Obasanjo. Notes, apps, maps, xxv, 169pp, USA. UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR PEACE PRESS, 1929223005

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A study of the Burundi refugees working in Dar-es-Salaam. B/w illus, bib, index, xviii, 219pp, USA. BERGHAHN BOOKS.

In 1994, while nations everywhere stood idly by, 800,000 people were slaughtered in eight weeks in Rwanda. Arriving as U.S. Ambassador to neighbouring Burundi a few weeks later, Bob Krueger and his wife Kathleen began drawing international attention to the genocide also proceeding in Burundi, where he sought to minimize the killing and to preserve its fledgling democratic government from destruction by its own army. Graphically document the slaughter occurring all around them, as well as their repeated efforts to get the U.S. government and the international community to take notice and take action. Index, notes, 308pp, USA. TEXAS U P.

Although it has been independent from European administration since 1962, Burundi has gone through several political upheavals. From 1966 to 1990, it existed as a republic under military rule. In 1993, it had its first free presidential election, which placed Melchoir Ndaday in the Presidential seat. His assassination four months later spurred violent uprisings between Burundi's two major ethnic groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi. Ndaday's successor likewise died under suspicious circumstances in 1994, resulting in more civil unrest in Burundi, as well as in Burundi's neighbouring country of Rwanda. Burundi's civilian conflicts have been further strained by pressing social and economic problems, causing the leadership of this troubled country to appeal for help from its UN affiliates. This volume contains entries on the important national figures, political parties and military personnel who have steered this tiny nation through its troubled development, as well as information on Burundi's steadily strengthening economy and educational base. Index, chronology, 264pp, USA. SCARECROW.

A biographical account of the author's experiences of the violence between Hutu and Tutsi in Burundi during the 1990s, and the murder of 40 young seminarians who refused to acknowledge segregation based on ethnicity. The author reflects on the dialectic between history and memory and the necessity of remembrance and understanding. Text in French. BNS, 248pp, FRANCE. KARTHALA.

Gives an account of meetings held with government authorities, civil society organizations, indigenous communities and other stakeholders, it describes the situation of the indigenous populations in the Republic of Burundi and it makes recommendations to the Burundi govern-ment, civil society organizations and the international community. IN ENGLISH & FRENCH. 81pp, DENMARK. IWGIA.

Autobiography of the Burundi-born runner, whose Tutsi ethnicity nearly cost him his life in a school massacre. 260pp, UK. BLAKE PUBLISHING.

Institute for Security Studies monograph number 125. Notes, 57pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.