Burundi, Under Terror

Where to Watch

DocAlliance Films

Overview

Burundi, 21st October 1993: The Democratically elected President Ndadaye is assassinated by a group of Tutsi officers. Another round of reprisals and counterattacks begins under pressure from the militia and extremist parties who encourage the racial hostilities and fan the flames of terror. There is one pogram after another, with tens of thousands of people becoming refugees in their own country.