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Burundian   Listen
adjective
Burundian, Burundi  adj.  
1.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Burundi; as, the Burundi capital.
2.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Burundian people; as, the Burundian population.






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... between Hutu and Tutsi factions in Burundi created hundreds of thousands of refugees and left at least 250,000 dead. Although many refugees have returned from neighboring countries, continued ethnic strife has forced others to flee. Burundian troops, seeking to secure their borders, have intervened in the conflict in the Democratic Republic ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... assassinated in October 1993 after only four months in office. Since then, some 200,000 Burundians have perished in widespread, often intense ethnic violence between Hutu and Tutsi factions. Hundreds of thousands have been internally displaced or have become refugees in neighboring countries. Burundian troops, seeking to secure their borders, intervened in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1998. More recently, many of these troops have been redeployed back to Burundi to deal with periodic upsurges in rebel activity. A new transitional government, inaugurated on 1 November ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government



Words linked to "Burundian" :   Republic of Burundi, Burundi, African



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