Burundi : a dangerous third term / International Crisis Group.
2016
KQV6.3 .I58 2016 (Mapit)
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Burundi : a dangerous third term / International Crisis Group.
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Brussels, Belgium : International Crisis Group, 20 May 2016.
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iv, 31 pages : map ; 29 cm.
Series
ICG Africa report ; no. 235.
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Executive summary
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I. Introduction
II. The radicals in power. The CNDD-FDD makes way for the FDD
The structure of repression
The leadership exploits the ethnic rhetoric
The third term political project: turning the page on Arusha
III. A dangerously fractured and impoverished society. A third term marked by division
An emerging social and humanitarian crisis
One struggle, multiple opponents
IV. The elusive but indispensable dialogue
V. Conclusion.
Appendices.
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I. Introduction
II. The radicals in power. The CNDD-FDD makes way for the FDD
The structure of repression
The leadership exploits the ethnic rhetoric
The third term political project: turning the page on Arusha
III. A dangerously fractured and impoverished society. A third term marked by division
An emerging social and humanitarian crisis
One struggle, multiple opponents
IV. The elusive but indispensable dialogue
V. Conclusion.
Appendices.
Summary
The current crisis in Burundi, triggered by the April 2015 announcement of Pierre Nkurunziza's candidacy for the presidential election, had been long in the making. The president's ambitions stirred the anger of a section of the population already sorely tested by a deep-rooted economic crisis. But it also exposed rifts within his regime, sparking an abortive coup d'état in May 2015 and pushing sections of the army and his party, the National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), into joining the opposition. The July 2015 presidential election, held in highly contentious circumstances, failed to end the crisis -- which has now deteriorated into the suppression of all civil opposition and a wave of targeted killings of individuals from across the political spectrum. In this context of low intensity violence, a highly dangerous process of radicalisation has gained momentum. The predominant themes of Nkurunziza's third term are the transformation of the CNDD-FDD into the FDD, the evolution of the security forces into a partisan militia, the leadership's manipulation of ethnic rhetoric and the determination to abolish the compromise Arusha settlement -- fuelled by painful memories of Tutsi domination, past humiliations and killings.
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"Translation from French."
"Policy report"--Cover.
"Policy report"--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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KQV6.3 .I58 2016
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English
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