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...Mwami Mwambutsa IV, the Watutsi ruler of the kingdom of Burundi, did not seem like a man who would easily part with his throne. In fact, when the rival Bahutu tribesmen attempted to overthrow him last October, the Mwami and his men struck back so ruthlessly that at least 86 Bahutus were executed, including all of the elected officers of both houses of Parliament. Last week it seemed that the Mwami had lost his throne just the same. Not to the Bahutus. To his own son, Prince Charles Ndizeye...
...people took it calmly enough, but the Mwami was terribly upset. "I am very unhappy," said the King. "This is my only son, but he has a knack for getting into trouble." Blaming extreme rightists for inciting Charles's move, he sent a telegram to the youth: "The royal authority has not been given to you in the proper manner, and I remain Mwami. I am willing to forgive you if you have the courage to broadcast this message to the nation. If not, your acts will be judged by history, as you are courting dangerous trouble." The father...
...jurists had a special reason for outrage. Alarmed by reports of mass killings, they had received permission last November from the Justice Minister of the King, Mwami Mwambutsa IV, to send their own investigator to the Burundian capital of Bujumbura. Their man showed up in December, but he did not hear until later that 22 executions took place while he was actually in town...
...Mwami seemed unmoved by the commission's report. Unconcernedly, he continued his European holiday with his curvaceous French companion, Josy...
...King of Burundi, Mwami Mwambutsa IV, does not take kindly to rebels. Fortnight ago, after crushing attempts to overthrow the Watutsi monarchy and kill him and his Prime Minister, the Mwami had 34 of the conspirators-all members of the Bahutu tribe-marched into the sport stadium and executed by a firing squad (TIME, Oct. 29). Another batch of Bahutu politicians was hustled off to jail on charges of complicity in the plot. Last week ten of them, including Emile Bucumi, President of the country's National Assembly, and Gervais Nyangoma, former ambassador to the U.N., were also taken...