Abstract: From April 2015, Burundi has fallen gradually into conflict. Starting with peaceful demonstrations against the candidacy of Pierre Nkurunziza in the presidential elections, more than 200,000 people have now fled the country, thousands have been arrested, a failed coup d’état has taken place and hundreds of people have been killed. While international actors are trying to bring different parties to the negotiating table, Burundi is mutating into an ever more complex situation with no straightforward solution in sight. This paper outlines the background to the 2015 electoral crisis outlining the causes and the drivers of the current conflict. It begins with a discussion of the positions at the two ends of the Burundian political spectrum with regard to the electoral process and the resulting violence. It then goes on to discuss how the current political and security struggles in Burundi have affected the relationship with its immediate neighbor Rwanda. A brief overview of effects of the crisis in Burundi on the country itself, Rwanda and the region are presented. The final part of this paper examines the role of the International community in the crisis.
Keywords: Burundi Crisis, Ramifications.
Title: BURUNDI CRISIS: THE REGIONAL RAMIFICATIONS
Author: Emmanuel Tabi Ebot, Hazel Nelima Were, Yussuf Abdinoor Abdullahi, Henrietta Cyuzuzo, Joyflo Wanjiru Wanjiku, Ng’eno Weldon
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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