Ethnicity is a tool rather than the cause for the reappearance of discord in Burundi. The current President, contrary to a previous agreement for peace, is seeking now to go beyond the two-term limitation that was part of a long set of negotiations, which I had the opportunity to aid toward a resolution when Burundi appeared on the verge of “ethnic conflict” two decades earlier. As means to rationalize his grab for perpetual office, President Pierre Nkurunziza has reached into the bag of tricks of stoking fear of “the other.” That is a zombie from the past that can rise …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
