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- AbahuzaAbahuzaThe Abahuza party is a monarchist political party in Burundi. Officially called the Party for the Restoration of Monarchy and Dialogue in Burundi, Abahuza literally means “The Reconciliators” in the Kirundi language. The party was registered with Burundi’s Interior Ministry on September 20, 2004...
- AfricaAfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
- Agathon RwasaAgathon RwasaAgathon Rwasa is a Burundian politician and the leader of the National Liberation Forces . He was a Hutu militia leader during the Burundi Civil War.Rwasa was reported to be a Born-again Christian....
- Albertine Rift
- Alphonse-Marie KadegeAlphonse-Marie KadegeAlphonse-Marie Kadege was Vice-President of Burundi from 30 April 2003 to 11 November 2004. He is an ethnic Tutsi and a member of the Union for National Progress Party. On January 15, 2007, he was acquitted on charges of plotting a coup, along with former president Domitien Ndayizeye and three...
- African Great LakesAfrican Great LakesThe African Great Lakes are a series of lakes and the Rift Valley lakes in and around the geographic Great Rift Valley formed by the action of the tectonic East African Rift on the continent of Africa...
- Arusha Accord
- Assassination of Habyarimana and NtaryamiraAssassination of Habyarimana and NtaryamiraThe assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on the evening of April 6, 1994, was the catalyst for the Rwandan Genocide. The airplane carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali, Rwanda....
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- BantuBantuBantu is used as a general label for 300-600 ethnic groups in Africa of speakers of Bantu languages, distributed from Cameroon east across Central Africa and Eastern Africa to Southern Africa...
- Belgian colonial empireBelgian colonial empireThe Belgian colonial empire consisted of three colonies possessed by Belgium between 1901 and 1962: Belgian Congo , Rwanda and Burundi...
- BisoroBisoroBisoro Balue is a small village in Cameroon.There is another village called Bisoro in Burundi.-Location:Bisoro is located in the Rumpi Hills of the Ekondo-Titi subdivision in the Ndian departement of Cameroon's Southwest Region. It is situated 37 km southeast of the Bakassi Peninsula in the...
- BubanzaBubanzaBubanza is a city located in northwestern Burundi. It is the capital city of Bubanza Province. It is also the seat of the Commune of Bubanza....
- Bubanza ProvinceBubanza Province-Communes:It is divided administratively into 5 communes:* Commune of Bubanza * Commune of Gihanga * Commune of Musigati * Commune of Mpanda * Commune of Rugazi...
- BujumburaBujumbura-Education:The University of Burundi is located in Bujumbura.Hope Africa University is located in BujumburaUniversité du Lac Tanganyika is located in Bujumbura-External links:**...
- Bujumbura Mairie Province
- Bujumbura Rural
- BurundiBurundiBurundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...
- Burundian monarchyBurundian monarchyThe Burundian monarchy existed according to the traditional account from the 16th century until 1966, but it is now thought that the first king began to reign in 1680. Like the monarchy in neighbouring Rwanda it was led by Tutsi kings...
- Burundi Civil WarBurundi Civil WarThe Burundi Civil War was an armed conflict lasting from 1993 to 2005. The civil war was the result of long standing ethnic divisions between the Hutu and the Tutsi tribes in Burundi...
- Burundi franc
- Burundi Workers' PartyBurundi Workers' PartyBurundi Workers' Party or UBU was a clandestine Marxist political party in Burundi. Its primary constituency was the large Burundian refugee population situated in neighboring Rwanda...
- BururiBururiBururi is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of Bururi Province and has around 20.000 inhabitants in 2007.In 1972, local Hutu gendarmes in Bururi drove out military and civil government control of the Tutsi military regime of Micombero. A republic was declared, and a week...
- Bururi ProvinceBururi ProvinceBururi is one of the seventeen provinces of Burundi. It is also the largest. It includes the city of Bururi, the provincial capital, and the city of Rumonge which sits on the shores of Lake Tanganyika...
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- CankuzoCankuzoCankuzo is a city located in eastern Burundi. It is the capital city of Cankuzo Province....
- Cankuzo ProvinceCankuzo ProvinceCankuzo is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Located in the eastern part of the country, the province covers an area of 1,965 km². The provincial capital is Cankuzo.-Communes:...
- Chapter VII of the United Nations CharterChapter VII of the United Nations CharterChapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military and nonmilitary action to "restore international peace...
- Charles NqakulaCharles NqakulaCharles Nqakula is a South African politician who has been Minister of Defence since September 2008. He was Minister of Safety and Security from May 2002 to September 2008. Tipped as a contender for the future presidency of South Africa, he is concurrently national chairperson of the South African...
- Cibitoke ProvinceCibitoke ProvinceCibitoke is one of the 17 provinces of Republic of Burundi....
- Collines of BurundiCollines of BurundiThe Communes of Burundi are divided into 2,639 collines. Colline means "hill" in French, one of the two official languages of the country. The collines are listed below, by commune:-Bisoro:* Buburu* Buhabwa* Gitaramuka* Kanka* Kariba* Kiganda* Kirika...
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaCommon Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaThe Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a free trade area with nineteen member states stretching from Libya to Zimbabwe. COMESA formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981...
- Commune of GihangaCommune of GihangaGihanga is a commune of Bubanza Province in north-western Burundi. The capital lies at Gihanga city.-Towns and villages: Gihanga Buramata Gihungwe Kagwena Mpanda Mukindu Murira Muyange Ninga Nyeshanga Rushakashaka...
- Commune of MpandaCommune of MpandaMpanda is a commune of Bubanza Province in north-western Burundi. The capital lies at Mpanda city....
- Commune of MusigatiCommune of MusigatiMusigati is a commune of Bubanza Province in north-western Burundi. The capital lies at Musigati city....
- Communes of BurundiCommunes of Burundi||The provinces of Burundi are subdivided into 117 communes. The communes are further subdivided into collines. The communes are listed below, by province:- Bubanza :* Commune of Bubanza* Commune of Gihanga* Commune of Musigati* Commune of Mpanda...
- Cyprien NtaryamiraCyprien NtaryamiraCyprien Ntaryamira , was President of Burundi from 5 February 1994 until his death when his plane was shot down on 6 April 1994.-Biography:...
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- East AfricaEast AfricaEast Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
- East African CommunityEast African CommunityThe East African Community is an intergovernmental organisation comprising the five east African countries Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Pierre Nkurunziza, the President of the Republic of Burundi, is the current Chairman of the East African Community. The EAC was originally...
- East African FederationEast African FederationEast African Federation is the name of the proposed political union of the member nations of the East African Community, such that the five member states would federate into a single sovereign state....
- Economy of BurundiEconomy of BurundiBurundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country with an underdeveloped manufacturing sector. The mainstay of the Burundian economy is agriculture, accounting for 54%of GDP in 1997. Agriculture supports more than 70% of the labour force, the majority of whom are subsistence farmers...
- Esther KamatariEsther KamatariPrincess Esther Kamatari is a writer, model, and exiled Burundian princess.Esther Kamatari grew up in Burundi as a member of the royal family. Following independence in 1962, the king was overthrown in a military coup d'etat, and the monarchy abolished in 1966. Kamatari fled the country in 1970...
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- GatumbaGatumbaThe village of Gatumba lies on the western side of Burundi, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The place is known for a massacre that took place at a refugee camp connected to the village.-Massacre:...
- Geography of BurundiGeography of BurundiBurundi is located in central Africa, to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the co-ordinates .-Physical geography:Burundi occupies an area equal to 27,830 square kilometres in size, of which 25,650 km² is land...
- German East AfricaGerman East AfricaGerman East Africa was a German colony in East Africa, which included what are now :Burundi, :Rwanda and Tanganyika . Its area was , nearly three times the size of Germany today....
- German East African rupieGerman East African rupieThe Rupie was the currency of German East Africa between 1890 and 1916, continuing to circulate in the Tanganyika Territory until 1920.-History:...
- GihangaGihangaGihanga is a town in the Commune of Gihanga in Bubanza Province in north western Burundi.It is the capital of the Commune of Gihanga.-External links:*...
- GitegaGitegaGitega is the second largest city in Burundi, lying east of Bujumbura. It is the capital of Gitega Province, one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. It is the home of the Burundi National Museum and the Archdiocese of Gitega...
- Gitega ProvinceGitega ProvinceGitega is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Its capital is Gitega. It has a population of about 675,000 and an area of 1,979 km²....
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- KaruziKaruziKaruzi is a city located in eastern Burundi. It is the capital city of Karuzi Province....
- Karuzi ProvinceKaruzi ProvinceKaruzi is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi....
- KirundoKirundoKirundo is a city located in northern Burundi. It is the capital city of Kirundo Province....
- Kingdom of Burundi
- KirundiKirundiKirundi, also known as Rundi, is a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language spoken by some 8.7 million people in Burundi and adjacent parts of Tanzania and Congo-Kinshasa, as well as in Uganda. It is the official language of Burundi...
- Kirundo ProvinceKirundo ProvinceKirundo is one of the seventeen provinces of Burundi with seven communes . Kirundo has three big lakes: Cohoha, Rweru, and Rwihinda. Lakes Cohoha and Rweru are located in commune Busone, and Lake Rwihinda is in commune Kirundo...
- KayanzaKayanzaKayanza is a city located in northern Burundi. It is the capital city of Kayanza Province. The city is known for its tea production....
- Kayanza ProvinceKayanza ProvinceKayanza is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Its capital city is also called Kayanza....
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- Lake TanganyikaLake TanganyikaLake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, after Lake Baikal in Siberia; it is also the world's longest freshwater lake...
- LGBT rights in BurundiLGBT rights in BurundiLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender persons in Burundi face legal issues not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. The lower house of Burundi's parliament passed legislation criminalizing homosexual acts in November 2008...
(Gay rights) - List of kings of Burundi
- List of political parties in Burundi
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- MakambaMakambaMakamba is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of Makamba Province....
- Makamba ProvinceMakamba ProvinceMakamba is the southernmost province of Burundi. The province has a population of 357,492 and covers an area of 1,960 km². The provincial capital is Makamba.makamba has six communes. Many refugees have returned from Tanzania to this province, especially to the communes of Kayogoro, Nyanza lac,...
- Melchior NdadayeMelchior NdadayeMelchior Ndadaye was a Burundian intellectual and politician. He was the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 election...
- Michel MicomberoMichel MicomberoMichel Micombero was the first President of Burundi from November 28, 1966 to November 1, 1976. He was member of the Tutsi ethnicity....
- Meeussen's ruleMeeussen's ruleMeeussen’s rule is the name for a special case of tone reduction in Bantu languages. The tonal alternation it describes is the lowering in some contexts of the last tone of a pattern of two adjacent High tones , resulting in the pattern HL. The phenomenon is named after its first observer, the...
- Mount HehaMount HehaMount Heha is the highest mountain in Burundi and the highest point in the Burundi Highlands mountain range. It is located in the Bujumbura Rural province of Burundi and it lies approximately 20 km to the east of Lake Tanganyika and about 30 km to the southeast of Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi....
- Mugongo-MangaMugongo-MangaMugongo-Manga is one of the communes of Bujumbura Rural Province. Mugongo-Manga is located in natural region of Mugamba. There are 11 natural regions in Burundi: Mugamba, Bututsi, Mumirwa, Imbo, Buragane, Bugesera, Kirimiro, Buha.-Health:...
- MpandaMpanda, MpandaMpanda is a town in the Commune of Mpanda in Bubanza Province in north western Burundi.It is the seat of the Commune of Mpanda.-External links:*...
- MuramvyaMuramvyaMuramvya is a city located in central Burundi. It is the capital city of Muramvya Province....
- Muramvya ProvinceMuramvya ProvinceMuramvya is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. The capital is Muramvya.It is also known as "Iwabo W'Imana". It has a unique cultural landscape .- Culture :...
- MusigatiMusigatiMusigati is a town in the Commune of Musigati in Bubanza Province in north western Burundi.It is the seat of the Commune of Musigati.-External links:*...
- Mutaga IV Mbikije of BurundiMutaga IV Mbikije of BurundiMutaga IV Mbikije was the king of Burundi from August 21, 1908 until November 30, 1915. He was the son of king Mwami Mwezi IV. He had two sons:* Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi* Prince Ignace Kamatari -External links:**...
- MuyingaMuyingaMuyinga is a city located in northern Burundi. It is the capital city of Muyinga Province. It lies at an altitude of 1731 m and has a population of 48,997....
- Muyinga ProvinceMuyinga ProvinceMuyinga is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi....
- Mwambutsa I MbarizaMwambutsa I MbarizaMwambutsa I Mbariza was the king of Burundi from 1767 to 1796. His only son was Ntare IV Rutaganzwa Rugamba. He succeeded Mwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo....
- Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of BurundiMwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of BurundiKing Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge was the king of Burundi from December 16, 1915 to July 8, 1966. He was given the title of Mwami,King. He succeeded Mutaga IV Mbikije. Like other Burundian kings, he was an ethnic Ganwa. During the early part of his reign, Burundi was transferred from Germany to...
- Mwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza MutamoMwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza MutamoMwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo was the king of Burundi from 1739 to 1767. He died in Butare. He succeeded king Ntare I Kivimira Savuyimba Semunganzashamba Rushatsi Cambarantama....
- MwaroMwaroMwaro is a city located in central Burundi. It is the capital city of Mwaro Province....
- Mwaro ProvinceMwaro ProvinceMwaro is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Its capital is Mwaro.Mwaro one of two provinces that were created in 2002 as a result of splitting the Muramvya province; the other province retained the name of Muramvya....
- Mwezi III Ndagushimiye of BurundiMwezi III Ndagushimiye of BurundiMwami Mwezi III Ndagushimiye was the king of Burundi from 1709 to 1739....
- Mwezi IV Gisabo of BurundiMwezi IV Gisabo of BurundiMwami Mwezi IV Gisabo Bikata-Bijoga was the king of Burundi from 1852 to 1908. He was the son of king Ntare IV Rutaganzwa Rugamba....
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- National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy (NCDD-FDD)
- National Forces of Liberation (PALIPEHUTU)
- National Liberation Front (Burundi)National Liberation Front (Burundi)The National Liberation Front is an ethnically Hutu rebel group that sometimes functions as a political party in Burundi. The FLN has been considered a minor group in the Burundian Civil War compared to the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy, and to...
(FROLINA) - Ntare I Kivimira Savuyimba Semunganzashamba Rushatsi CambarantamaNtare I Kivimira Savuyimba Semunganzashamba Rushatsi CambarantamaNtare I Kivimira Savuyimba Semunganzashamba Rushatsi Cambarantama was the king of Burundi from 1680 to 1709. He was a legendary descendant of the Ntwero family, and was probably the first king of Burundi....
- Ntare IV Rutaganzwa RugambaNtare IV Rutaganzwa RugambaNtare IV Rutaganzwa Rugamba was the king of Burundi from 1796 to 1850. He was the son of king Mwambutsa I Mbariza....
- Ntare V of Burundi
- NgoziNgozi, BurundiNgozi is a city located in northern Burundi. It is the capital city of Ngozi Province....
- Ngozi ProvinceNgozi ProvinceNgozi is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi.The name Ngozi stands for blessing....
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- Pierre BuyoyaPierre BuyoyaMajor Pierre Buyoya is a Burundian politician who has ruled Burundi twice, from 1987 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2003...
- Prince Godefroid KamatariPrince Godefroid KamatariPrince Godefroid Kamatari, , was a grandson of mwami HM Mutaga IV Mbikije of Burundi, and a son of HRH Prince Ignace Kamatari and his second wife Princess Agrippine....
- Provinces of BurundiProvinces of Burundi||Burundi is divided into seventeen provinces, each named after their respective capital.-See also:*Communes of Burundi*Collines of Burundi*Geography of Burundi*List of Burundian provinces by area*List of Burundian provinces by population...
- Princess Esther Kamatari
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- Ruanda-UrundiRuanda-UrundiRuanda-Urundi was a Belgian suzerainty from 1916 to 1924, a League of Nations Class B Mandate from 1924 to 1945 and then a United Nations trust territory until 1962, when it became the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi.- Overview :...
- Rurubu RiverRurubu RiverThe Ruvubu River is a river in central Africa whose waters gather from the most distant portion of the Nile basin. It is about 300 km long. It rises in the north of Burundi, near the town of Kayanza and then does a southward arc through Burundi, being joined by the Ruvyironza River near Gitega...
- RutanaRutanaRutana is a town in southern Burundi. It lies west of Mount Kikizi, one of the highest mountains in the nation. The Kagera Falls lie near the town. It is the capital of Rutana Province, one of the 17 provinces of Burundi....
- Rutana ProvinceRutana ProvinceRutana is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi.The communes of Rutana are:* Bukemba* Giharo* Gitanga* Mpinga-Kavoye* Musongati* Rutana...
- RuyigiRuyigiRuyigi is a city located in eastern Burundi. It is the capital city of Ruyigi Province....
- Ruyigi ProvinceRuyigi ProvinceRuyigi is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi....
- RwandaRwandaRwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...