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That may not be far from the truth. For more than two years, the tiny central African nation of Burundi has been at war with itself. As in neighboring Rwanda, the country's minority Tutsi tribe, once the overlords of this former Belgian colony, are engaged in a deadly conflict with the once subservient but more populous Hutu. Human-rights workers report that clashes between the Tutsi-dominated army and Hutu rebels left some 15,000 dead last year, most of them civilians from both tribes caught between the warring parties. The killing continues: moderate government officials, students, foreign diplomats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPECTER OF GENOCIDE | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...Valeri Bemeriki, a ratio broadcaster called upon Hutus to fill up" Tusti graves and urged listeners to phone in the locations of Tutsi hideouts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rwandan Women Await Judgement | 9/26/1995 | See Source »

...Nuns Gertrude Mukangano and Justine Kizito, now sheltered by the Benedictine order in Belgium, called Tutsis who sought refuse "dirt" and allegedly supplied to burn some alive, including the immediate families of Tutsi nuns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rwandan Women Await Judgement | 9/26/1995 | See Source »

Africa Rights says women's traditional image as peace-loving nurturers has hoped female killers escape the scrutiny of the Tutsi-led Rwandan Petriotic Front, which won last year's civil war and now runs the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rwandan Women Await Judgement | 9/26/1995 | See Source »

Mukaremera, a Hutu, claims she was arbitrarily arrested on the accusations of a vengeful Tutsi neighbor when she returned from a refugee camp last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rwandan Women Await Judgement | 9/26/1995 | See Source »

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