In a statement read on the independent Bonesha radio station, the army said 30 junior officers in the Tutsi dominated army were surrounded inside the studios of state-run Radio Burundi.

In Burundi, something terrible has happened. A year ago, the government, run by the minority Tutsi tribe, tried to eliminate, in a chilling and systematic way, the entire elite class of the Hutu ...

Le Burundi, théâtre d’une tentative de coup ... compliquées par une lutte acharnée pour le pouvoir au sein des Tutsi, qui vont d’abord diriger le pays. la suite après cette publicité ...

Since Burundi gained independence from Belgium in 1962, a small group of Tutsi militants had divided power among themselves. But, during Pierre Buyoya's term in office, the pressure became too ...

Rebel groups also have demanded the release of political prisoners in Burundi and the closure of camps set up by the Tutsi-led government as a means of combating the rebellion. According to ...

Burundi fell into disarray. Maj. Pierre Buyoya, a Tutsi, was named interim president in 1996. Buyoya had overthrown the government of President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, who had also ascended power at ...

In Burundi, as in neighboring Rwanda, representatives of the majority Hutu and the minority Tutsi struggled for power. The Tutsi, an elite who had dominated political life for centuries ...

Ndadaye governed for only a few months before being murdered by Tutsi army officers, who also killed other leaders of his political party, the Front for Democracy in Burundi (Front pour la ...

Awwal Ahmad Janyau Asalin hoton, Getty Images Tsohon Shugaban Burundi, Pierre Buyoya ya mutu ... Mista Buyoya, wanda ɗan ƙabilar Tutsi ne, ya jagoranci ƙasar a matsayin shugaban ƙasa har sau biyu, ...

And so the coup boys in Burundi needed to do their homework, and get the Tutsi on their side. The Tutsi are the traditional bosses of the region militarily, and are to be found bossing other ...

Burundi goes to the polls on 17 May to vote ... Ethnic quotas enabled the Tutsi minority, which used to dominate the country, to enjoy a veto since laws are adopted through a two-thirds majority ...