Burundian Civil War
| Burundian Civil War | ||||||||
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| Part of the spillovers of the Rwandan genocide, First and Second Congo Wars | ||||||||
People fleeing during 1993 Burundian genocide that marked the civil war's start | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
International peacekeepers: AMIB (2003–04) ONUB (from 2004) |
Ethnic Hutu rebels: Hutu militias and youth gangs:
FDLR Mai-Mai Supported by: Zaire (until 1996) Tanzania DR Congo (2000s) |
RPF (Rwanda) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Sylvie Kinigi Cyprien Ntaryamira † Sylvestre Ntibantunganya Pierre Buyoya Domitien Ndayizeye Jean Bikomagu |
CNDD-FDD: Léonard Nyangoma Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye Pierre Nkurunziza Évariste Ndayishimiye PALIPEHUTU-FNL: Kabora Kossan Agathon Rwasa Alain Mugabarabona FROLINA: Joseph Karumba |
Committee of Public Salvation (1993) Diomède Rutamucero (PA-Amasekanya) | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||||
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Gov. forces:
ONUB: 6,095 |
c. 11,000 (CNDD-FDD) 2,000–3,000 (PALIPEHUTU-FNL) | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
| c. 300,000 killed in total | ||||||||
The Burundian Civil War was a civil war in Burundi lasting from 1993 to 2005. The civil war was the result of longstanding ethnic divisions between the Hutu and the Tutsi ethnic groups. The conflict began following the first multi-party elections in the country since its independence from Belgium in 1962, and is seen as formally ending with the swearing-in of President Pierre Nkurunziza in August 2005. Children were widely used by both sides in the war. The estimated death toll stands at 300,000.