Burundi Violence: Scores Flee Homes Before Crackdown Starts

Scores of people are leaving their homes in Burundi’s capital ahead of a promised government crackdown.A cycle of violence began in April with protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s third-term bid.Mr Nkurunziza gave a deadline of midnight on Saturday for Burundians to hand in illegal firearms or face being “dealt with as enemies of the nation”.Earlier this week, the UN Secretary-General condemned the “inflammatory rhetoric” in Burundi.And the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said the language was “chillingly similar” to that used in Rwanda before the genocide of 1994.Agencies reported that many people were leaving Cibitoke and Mutakura, two neighbourhoods of the capital, Bujumbura, that have seen anti-government protests.

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