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[SIZE=5]Genocide in Burundi: Preventing this scenario from becoming a reality[/SIZE]

My country is going through a bloody crisis. A genocide is imminent. It all started when President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a third term. On 26 April 2015, thousands of my fellow countrymen descended the streets to protest peacefully against this anti-constitutional decision. The law enforcement forces reacted ferociously. They fired into the crowd and killed five civilians…

Since that day, we live in fear. The violence is daily. Most of it is orchestrated by the security forces who take order from government authorities. The toll is already terrible: more than 1,000 people killed, 5,000 detained, 800 disappeared, hundreds of people tortured, hundreds of women victim of sexual violence, and thousands of arrests. More than 300,000 people have fled the country…

Since April 2015, my organization, with the help of FIDH, has carefully documented the grave crimes committed in Burundi. We have alerted the international community on the risk of mass crimes and acts of genocide. In spite of our appeals, President Nkurunziza continues to cast chaos. Everyday, his police forces torture, kill, rape and imprison with total impunity.

Today, my country finds itself on the brink. If President Nkurunziza does not put an end to his policy of terror, thousands of people will die in the coming months. This perspective makes my blood run cold; I can’t believe that such a calamity could happen. My country can still avoid the tragedies of Cambodia, Rwanda, ex-Yugoslavia and Syria. I want to believe that there is still hope of putting an end to this escalating violence. The genocide which threatens my country must be prevented at all cost. Together, let us act before it is too late. You are our hope…

The UN should deploy a peacemaking mission to stop the crimes being committed and to prevent genocide in Burundi. This peacemaking mission should be composed of a sufficient number of blue helmets to protect the population and restore security in the country.
Are you ready to help me save thousands of lives in Burundi? Only a massive mobilization will get the UN to take action. Sign and share this petition asking the UN to act before it is too late. My organization and FIDH will present your signatures to the UN with great resolve.

Anschaire Nikoyagize

President of ITEKA (The Burundian League of Human Rights, an FIDH member organization)

https://www.fidh.org/en/region/Africa/burundi/genocide-in-burundi-preventing-this-scenario-from-becoming-a-reality

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African solutions to African problems… Where are they? Let us see them?

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Hehehe. Sitataja majina hapa, lakini very soon utaskia tu the US has failed Burundi when Burundi needed it.

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Burundi, just like somalia, iraq, south sudan and afghanistan, is a failed state period…can we move on??

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Since KDF does not have the air lift capability of the north African nations, the onus is on Tz to actualise some form of measure by allowing regional forces through its territory and provide a staging ground for potential peace keeping/making force. I know Rwanda will not sit idly by lakini bongo lala wataona ni mashamba yao imeenda kunyakuliwa.

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Wapi Kenya hapo. Hundreds are dying of hunger and malnutrition.

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Members of the African Union have backed a Kenyan proposal to push for withdrawal from the international criminal court, repeating claims that it unfairly targets the continent.

Chad’s president, Idriss Déby, who was elected African Union chairman at the two-day summit in Addis Ababa, criticised the court for focusing its efforts on African leaders.

YES TUTOKE ICC AMA VIPII WAKENYA

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I don’t get what you’re trying to say.

as a continent, I think we’re still too immature. We want to run our own affairs with funds from china, us and eu, but we don’t want them to have a say about it! we’re yet to grow up.

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Kutoka ICC may not be a good idea but remember there are some American and western European war criminals who have never been punished. A case in point is Henry Kissinger who is one of the worst war criminals in the postwar era.

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American and European warlords may have escaped punishment but they have been able to prevent future atrocities due to sound governance structures. On the other hand our countries have a unique set of structural challenges (such as tribalism and land problems) that makes us prone to these atrocities at every electoral cycle. Do you realise hata an issue such as fighting corruption could overwhelm us, or has it already? we need help from outside

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US is not a member of ICC.

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I know, but they lecture others about human rights issues. What an irony.

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You know some time back an old friend from tz was giving me hekayas of earlier times TZ, think nyerere’s time…those guys were badass.They fought alot

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Which guys?

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Tz army

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If all the classified clashes were to be put out in the open, a lot of people will change the perception they have of east african armies. The cold war was real even here in our backyard

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agreed. but hii ndio excuse tutashinda tukiomba na Burundi watu wanauwawa?

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I’ve seen cables on nyerere and Amin hiyo wakati. People know very little about nyereres weaknesses

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if only they existed.

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African leaders solution to african problems are imprison ppl who oppose you and steal until you die.

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