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Burundi: Counter-coup reprisal killlings

Adapted from “Burundi: The anatomy of mass violence endgames” by Noel Twagiramungu in How Mass Atrocities End: Studies from Guatemala, Burundi, Indonesia, Sudan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Iraq, ed Bridget Conley (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Introduction | Atrocities | Fatalities | Ending | Coding | … Continue reading

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Burundi: Post-election killings and civil war

Introduction | Atrocities | Fatalities | Ending | Coding | Works Cited | Notes Introduction A military elite whose influential members hailed from the hitherto obscure Hima clan, a Tutsi sub-group from the province of Bururi, dominated Burundi’s post-colonial political … Continue reading

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