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Country : Burundi Official name: Republika y'Uburundi (Republic of Burundi) |
Historical profile
1899 Burundi and its neighbour, Rwanda, were incorporated into German East Africa.
1916–23 Belgium occupied the area, which was named Ruanda-Urundi, and was allowed by the League of Nations to administer the country from 1923.
1962 Burundi received independence from Belgium as a kingdom.
1965 Tutsi-Hutu coalitions ruled, but a Hutu prime minister was killed and replaced by a Tutsi prince. The Hutus attemped a coup and failed. Instead, the Tutsis massacred the Hutu elite.
1966 After the king was deposed by his son, who was deposed by the army, Burundi was declared a republic.
1972 After another abortive coup attempt, between 200,000 and 400,000 Hutus were killed.
1976–87 The government of Tutsi Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was notorious for its violations of human rights.
1992 The constitution was adopted by referendum.
1993 Tutsi Major Pierre Buyoya ousted Bagaza and held Burundi's first multi-party election. Melchior Ndadaye, who was committed to reforming the Tutsi-dominated army, became president in July. However, Ndadaye was assassinated in October, leading to civil war between the Tutsi-led army and Hutu rebels.
1994 Cyprien Ntaryamira, a Hutu, was elected president by the National Assembly. He was killed in a plane crash on 6 April, together with the Hutu president of Rwanda. Sylvestre Ntibantuganya, a Hutu, took over the presidency.
1995 A coalition government was formed under Antoine Nduwayu, a Tutsi.
1996 Major Pierre Buyoya seized power in a coup.
1997 President Buyoya banned political parties and dissolved the National Assembly.
1999 Talks brokered by former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere were held between Tutsi and Hutu factions. It was estimated that around 300,000 Burundians had been killed in the ethnic conflict.
2000 President Pierre Buyoya and 13 political parties signed the Arusha peace accord.
2001 The country's 19 political parties, in talks chaired by former South Africa president Nelson Mandela, agreed that Pierre Buyoya, a Tutsi, should remain president for the first 18 months of a new three-year transitional government. A Hutu would be vice president and half way through the term their roles would be reversed. A three-year Transitional Government of National Unity was installed on 1 November. The government and the main rebel group signed a cease-fire.
2002 The Burundi franc was devalued by 20 per cent to the US dollar.
2003 On 30 April, Vice President Domitien Ndayizeye was sworn in as president in accordance with the power-sharing agreement. The cease-fire was broken and regained twice and in October, the president and the leader of the main rebel group the Conseil National de Défense de la Démocratie-Forces de Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD-FDD) Forces for Defence of Democracy, signed an agreement in South Africa to end a decade of civil strife.
2004 In August, a South African-style truth and reconciliation commission was set up. The National Assembly created an electoral commission tasked with managing the 2005 elections. A proposed draft constitution was rejected in favour of one that would be written after the transitional government was replaced with a fully elected Assembly.
2005 On 1 March, voters in a referendum approved a new power-sharing constitution aimed at ending the 11-year civil war. In April, African leaders extended the mandate of President Domitien Ndayizeye by four months, elections to be held by 19 August. The CNDD-FDD won the 4 July parliamentary elections.
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