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[1] It's not just Hutu who killed Tutsi. Tutsi killed Hutu too. When viewed through the prism of history, the courage of the heroes is all the more remarkable.
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[2] Many clichés are repeated about the Hutu and the Tutsi. Both ethnic groups suffer conventient amnesia when recalling episodes in their history.
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[3] Burundi's princely elites manipulated Hutu and Tutsi rivalries to strengthen their own power. This process started long before the arrival of the Belgians and continued past independence.
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[4] The 1972 genocide targeted any Hutu with even secondary school education. This served to entrench Tutsi hegemony over the Hutu majority. A 1988 Hutu rebellion was violently repressed.
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[5] Pierre Buyoya's reforms reversed some of the discrimination against Hutu. He prepared Burundi for its first democratic elections. When defeated by the Hutu Melchior Ndadaye, Buyoya gracefully conceded defeat. Nevertheless, within a few months, Ndadaye was assassinated during an attempted coup by Tutsi officers.
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[6] President Ndadaye's killing in 1993 unleashed terrifying Hutu violence against Tutsi. Many Hutu acted out of fear of a repeat of the 1972 genocide. Army reprisals against the Hutu population were just as ruthless.
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[7] During the years of the civil war, many Hutu and Tutsi were internally displaced in their own country. Hutu rebel groups acted against the army and Tutsi civilians. The army, aided by Tutsi civilian militia, attacked the Hutu population.
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[8] Will there be justice and reconciliation in Burundi? With the end of the civil war in sight, there seems to be a reluctance by the new regime to address the issue of impunity for war and human rights crimes.
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