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...BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Ever since at least 500,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda's ethnic civil war two years ago, diplomats have been watching for similar tensions to boil over in its volatile Central African neighbor, Burundi. Now they have. Wednesday, Burundi President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya found himself holed up in the the U.S. embassy after what appeared to be a swift military coup led by ethnic Tutsis, the rival tribe that controls the military. Ntibantunganya, a member of the Hutu tribe, had led an unstable coalition government with the UNPRONA, a Tutsi-led party. "The president was a moderating influence...
...BUJUMBURA, Burundi: The Central African country of Burundi has a bloody three year old civil war between the Tutsi and Hutu tribes climaxed yesterday with a military coup as the Tutsis, who control the military, took over the government. Today, in a radio broadcast to the nation, the new Tutsi President Pierre Buyoya, freshly-installed by the army, demanded that the international community respond to the coup as an action of salvation intended to stop Burundi's "descent into hell." The new military regime, Buyoya said, would bring a quick end to the massacres and "criminality." Meanwhile, President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya...
...BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Ever since at least 500,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda's ethnic civil war two years ago, diplomats have been watching for similar tensions to boil over in its volatile Central African neighbor, Burundi. Now they have. Wednesday, Burundi President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya found himself holed up in the the U.S. embassy after what appeared to be a swift military coup led by ethnic Tutsis, the rival tribe that controls the military. Ntibantunganya, a member of the Hutu tribe, had led an unstable coalition government with the UNPRONA, a Tutsi-led party. "The president was a moderating influence...
...Tutsi army crackdown--which continues to this day. Though a coalition government, composed of senior politicians from both ethnic groups, was formed under international pressure in 1994, its members remain hamstrung by tribal loyalties, unable and often unwilling to stop the bloodshed. Observes a Western diplomat in Bujumbura: "There is total impunity. Everyone still thinks that they can achieve their goals by violent means...
...prick the world's conscience. Western officials note, moreover, that the Burundian army and members of the coalition government oppose the idea. Even prominent Hutu moderates, including the country's President, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, concede that foreign troops "will not solve our problems." Talking to Time from his mansion in Bujumbura last week, he asked, "What will they do? Who will they work with? Other problems need to be resolved first...