Burundi is facing a citizenship crisis as a result of the current political violence that risks escalating into protracted conflict, Impunity Watch warned in a new research report, Burundi : La citoyenneté en crise. Conducted among pro- and anti-third term youth in Bujumbura Mairie, Bubanza and Cibitoke, the research finds that youth from both sides are already mobilising to defend their citizenship at all costs, and that the presence of weapons makes the resort to arms all the more likely.
Great Lakes Dispatches 1: La Citoyennete en Crise
Updated: Feb 20, 2019