burundi

布隆迪共和國（克倫地語：Republika y'Uburundi，^[4] [buˈɾundi]；法语：République du Burundi，[byˈʁyndi]），通称布隆迪（香港譯作布隆迪，台湾譯作蒲隆地）  Burundi (/bəˈrʊndi/ , /-ˈrʌn-/), officially the Republic of Burundi (Kirundi: Republika y'Uburundi,^[14] [buˈɾundi]; French: République du Burundi, [buʁundi] or [byʁyndi]), is a landlocked country amid the African Great Lakes region where East and Central Africa converge. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border. The capital is Gitega, having moved from Bujumbura in February 2019.The Twa, Hutu and Tutsi peoples have lived in Burundi for at least 500 years. For more than 200 of those years, Burundi was an independent kingdom, until the beginning of the 20th century, when Germany colonised the region.^[16] After the First World War and Germany's defeat, it ceded the territory to Belgium. Both Germans and Belgians ruled Burundi and Rwanda as a European colony known as Ruanda-Urundi. Despite common misconceptions, Burundi and Rwanda had never been under common rule until the time of European colonisation. Burundi gained independence in 1962 and initially had a monarchy, but a series of assassinations, coups and a general climate of regional instability culminated in the establishment of a republic and one-party state in 1966. Bouts of ethnic cleansing and ultimately two civil wars and genocides during the 1970s and again in the 1990s left the country undeveloped and its population as one of the world's poorest. The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, both Hutus, died together when their aeroplane was shot down in April 1994. 2015 witnessed large-scale political strife as President Pierre Nkurunzizaopted to run for a third term in office, a coup attempt failed and the country's parliamentary and presidential elections were broadly criticised by members of the international community.

china daily 9aug19 malaria in burundi at epidemic levels

china daily

- Burundi appreciated China's assistance to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic and expected to enhance cooperation with Beijing to safeguard the health of its people, the African country's top envoy in Beijing said.In Burundi, there are 19 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with one death as of Sunday, according to the World Health Organization. https://www.chinadailyhk.com/article/129480#Burundi-thanks-China-for-assistance

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- african center event on burundian cuisine in apr2020