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Conflict Africa

Burundi Civil War

1993 CE – 2005 CE · 12 years

An ethnic civil war between the Tutsi-dominated military and Hutu rebel groups, paralleling the Rwandan genocide next door. An estimated 300,000 people died before a power-sharing agreement ended the conflict.

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Burundian Civil War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Burundian Government (Tutsi-led military)
  • Hutu rebel groups (CNDD-FDD, FNL)

Key moments

Defining events in the Burundi Civil War.

  1. October 1993 massacres
  2. 1994 Battle of Bujumbura
  3. 2004 Gatumba massacre

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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3000 BCE – still standing

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Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

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Rwandan Civil War & Genocide

1990 CE – 1994 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1993 CE and 2005 CE.

1993 CE Battle of Mogadishu 1996 CE First Congo War 1998 CE Second Congo War 2003 CE War in Darfur 1994 CE First Chechen War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Cristo Rei of Dili Landmark · Oceania 1996 CE – still standing Austronesian peoples Polity · East Asia 2000 BCE – 1994 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE Eritrean–Ethiopian War Conflict · Middle East 1998 CE – 2000 CE Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque Landmark · Middle East 2001 CE – still standing Byelarus Polity · Europe 1994 CE – 2026 CE
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