Africa

Realities and Illusions behind Burundi’s “Return to Order”

In March 2016, after a series of visits by high-level international emissaries (UN, AU, etc.), all the Burundian officials I heard on the ground were expressing satisfaction, saying peace had been restored and the political situation normalized. They based this on three claims:  “Order has been restored in all parts of the capital”  “The terrorist […]
By André Guichaoua, Sociology Professor at Paris University and Expert on the Great Lakes region of Africa
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