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Burundi (Vol 4, 2007)

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Authors:
Friederike Fuhlrott
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The recent trend towards increasing authoritarianism in the government continued. Corruption at high levels remained a source of internal and external friction. The most decisive political event was the deposition and arrest of the president of the ruling party, Hussein Radjabu, which precipitated a deep split in the ‘Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie-Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie’ (CNDD-FDD). This left the country's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, without a majority in parliament for most of the year, since both main opposition parties ‘Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi’ (FRODEBU) and ‘Union pour le Progrès National’ (UPRONA) refused to support him and boycotted the government. The virtual political standstill was only overcome by the creation of a coalition government in November. Although the ceasefire agreement with the last remaining rebel movement ‘Parti pour la Libération du Peuple Hutu – Forces Nationales pour la Libération’ (Palipehutu-FNL) remained in force, no final peace agreement was reached and the resumed negotiations remained inconclusive. Burundi's admission into the EAC offered a new foreign policy perspective. The economic performance remained unsatisfactory and disappointed all expectations of improvement in socioeconomic conditions.
Title:
Burundi (Vol 4, 2007)
Africa Yearbook Online
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2007_COM_0030
Language:
English
Source Editors:
Seidu M. Alidu, Benedikt Kamski, Andreas Mehler, and David Sebudubudu
First-online:
01 Oct 2008
Last-update:
01 Feb 2017
ISSN:
1872-9037
Publisher:
Brill

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