Armed vigilantes in Burundi's capital expose deepening crisis

[mchambawima1]

Armed vigilantes hold guns before a patrol in the center of Bujumbura, Burundi, November 20, 2015.

As darkness falls, vigilantes armed with automatic rifles emerge to patrol the streets of Bujumbura, a city plagued by killings and violence as Burundi's crisis deepens.

For months, the trill of cicadas in the tropical night has been interrupted by sporadic gunfire and explosions across the capital, center of the turmoil sparked by President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office.

Thousands initially protested against the president and opposed his re-election in a disputed July vote. Now some have formed vigilante units, coming out at night in tracksuits and jeans, clutching AK-47 rifles as they patrol.

"If the police shoot at us, then, yes, we will fight back," the leader of one group, giving his name only as Fred, told this Reuters photographer, who followed his unit last week. "All hotspot neighborhoods are protecting themselves in this manner."

Residents and vigilantes in other districts confirmed this.

It is the first time a foreign journalist has been allowed to follow such a group, securing images from Bujumbura that will stoke international worries about a new conflict erupting in a nation where an ethnically charged civil war ended just a decade ago after 300,000 people were killed.

The region remains haunted by the 1994 genocide in next-door Rwanda, in which 800,000 people, mostly members of the Tutsi minority and moderates among majority Hutus, were massacred.

Western powers say it must not be repeated in Burundi, which has the same ethnic mix. More than 200 people have been killed in violence since April, although rivalries have tended to run along political rather than ethnic lines so far.

Burundi's government, which dismisses suggestions of a new war, has described its armed opponents as "terrorists", while police say some "armed criminals" come out at night.

In the latest violence, at least four people were killed in Bujumbura at the weekend. Protesters in one district denounced Nkurunziza's third term, although a court had ruled before his re-election that he could serve five more years.

Vigilante leader Fred said he and his men had taken part in anti-government protests that erupted in April but they formed patrols in their area when police began to hunt them down.

"I can't say that this is a rebel movement, and no one is claiming that," he said, dressed in a Ralph Lauren shirt and pulling a white baseball cap over his eyes to mask his face as he spoke to a Reuters camera.

DISINTEGRATING SECURITY

"Since the government has been killing people, we decided to come up with this initiative to protect ourselves," Fred said, flanked by half a dozen young men with rifles, some with balaclavas and others with improvised masks.

Top government officials have been assassinated, while the bodies of opposition figures have also been found on the street. The government denies any extra-judicial killings.

The emergence of organized armed groups highlights disintegrating security in the capital and shows a marked change from the impromptu barricades of stones and tree trunks set up to bar access into residential districts early in the crisis.

At the start the nightly sortie, dozens of young men - about 20 of them carrying guns - lined up in military style on the street. When addressed by Fred and other commanders, they pumped fists in the air in salute. Then they split up.One unit paced through streets a few hundred meters from a police checkpoint, made of barbed wire strung across the road. There was no confrontation during the two hours or so while this journalist walked with them.

The presidential offices lay less than 2 km away.

A presidential spokesman said it was up to the police to comment on any such vigilante groups, if they existed. Asked how the government would deal with those carrying illegal arms, he said the president had been "crystal clear".

Earlier this month, the president set a Nov. 7 deadline for illegal arms to be handed over and said those who did not do so would be considered "enemies".

"It's only the police who patrol night and day," deputy police spokesman Mo?se Nkurunziza told Reuters. "We are aware of armed criminals who sometimes clash with the police on patrol, especially at night."

Residents say armed vigilante units are now present in several areas, notably places where anti-government protests erupted earlier this year. Some residents said they felt safer with the vigilantes at night than the police during the day.

"Not all of us are armed with firearms but those who don't have guns or grenades use machetes," said a 35-year-old member of a vigilante group in another district of Bujumbura.

"If the situation deteriorates and nothing is done politically, the population will continue getting arms."

World powers and regional states fear unrest in Burundi could escalate if left unchecked. The Security Council has asked U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to prepare a report by the end of this month outlining options for boosting the U.N. presence.

Source: Reuters

 

[Umslopagas]

This is very dangerous,

 

[jMali]

cc: bona Ngongo

Hahaha. Kutojua kingereza kwa mchambawima1 kunamfanya alete threads ambazo zinakubaliana na yote anayoyapinga kila siku pale ambapo yataletwa na jMali kwa lugha ya kiswahili! 😛oa Labda nimtafsirie kwa kifupi the gist of what he has posted.

Thousands initially protested against the president and opposed his re-election in a disputed July vote. Now some have formed vigilante units, coming out at night in tracksuits and jeans, clutching AK-47 rifles as they patrol. "If the police shoot at us, then, yes, we will fight back,"
Mchambawima1 umeona hapo? Hao vigilantes (mgambo/sungusungu) ni waandamanaji ambao siasa na majadiliano yamewashinda na sasa wamechukua silaha. Ni nchi gani ambayo polisi ataona mtu asiye polisi amebeba AK-47 na asimpige risasi? Lakini wakishapigwa risasi katika mapambano, mnakuwa bize kwenye mitandao kusambaza mapicha ya 'ukatili wa Nkurunzinza' dhidi ya raia, conviniently forgetting kuwa walikuwa wanapambana na polisi kwa AK-47! By the way, habari haisemi from WHERE these CIVILIANS get AK-47, being that its a WAR-GRADE weapon limited to the police au jeshi?

..although a court had ruled before his re-election that he could serve five more years.
Kwa nini sasa washike AK-47 badala ya kwenda kwenye court ya juu zaidi? Well, maybe because they did and the EAC court ikamkubalia Nkurunzinza! So the only option for terrorists ni AK-47s at night and random bombs at markets by day!

?I can?t say that this is a rebel movement, and no one is claiming that,"
Ndio, of course its not a rebel movement, a proper rebel movement won't attack innocent civilians or even clash deliberately with the police, a rebel movement would fight the army. Hawa hawataki kujulikana kuwa wao ni rebels proper, ili kusudi wanapouliwa kitu pekee known about them kiwe ni kabila lao, ionekane wameuawa kwa vile ni watutsi na sio kwa vile ni kundi lenye silaha. It was very clever in 94, not today.

Since the government has been killing people, we decided to come up with this initiative to protect ourselves,
According to stats, the majority of people killed so far are from those who supports Nkurunzinza! Je nani kawaua hawa? Na pande mbili zinapopigana ni lazima mmoja awe ndie aliyeanza na mwingine alazimike kupigana ili kujilinda. Je ni nani aliyeanza kuua?

At the start the nightly sortie, dozens of young men - about 20 of them carrying guns - lined up in military style on the street. When addressed by Fred and other commanders, they pumped fists in the air in salute. Then they split up.One unit paced through streets a few hundred meters from a police checkpoint, made of barbed wire strung across the road.
Raia wa kawaida kafundishwa saa ngapi military styles? Obviously hawa ni watu wenye ujuzi wa kile wanachofanya. These people have been trained. Na vile vile ripoti from warundi wenyewe ni kwamba, wakazi wengi wa maeneo hayo yenye maandamano walishakimbilia Rwanda kama wakimbizi. Hawa 'vigilantes' kweli ni wakazi wa hapo au wageni wanaofanana na wakazi wa hapo? Tukikumbuka kule DRC, kwenye vita kati ya FARDC na M23, wanakijiji wengi walitoa ushuhuda kwenye ripoti za UN kuwa M23 ambao supposedly ni wakongo wa hapo hapo, walikuwa hawaishi kuulizia njia!

"Not all of us are armed with firearms but those who don?t have guns or grenades use machetes," said a 35-year-old member of a vigilante group in another district of Bujumbura.
I hope mchambawima umeona kuwa ndugu zako wana silaha zote kuanzia bunduki, mabomu mpaka mapanga. Hayo mapanga wanachinjia nani? Maana wakichinjwa wao huwa ni genocide!


Mambo ambayo hayapingiki ni:
1. Wapinzani hawa ni watutsi, maeneo hayo yanajulikana kwa yoyote yule kuwa ni predominantly tutsi areas. That's why the same people wanavumisha kuwa mauaji yanayofanywa na polisi against them ni genocide. There is no question juu ya kabila la hawa watu.
2. Machafuko yako hapo tu kwenye maeneo hayo machache ya jiji la Bujumbura na sio kwingineko. Unaweza ukawa hapo hapo Bujumbura na usijue kuwa kuna machafuko Burundi.
3. Majority ya warundi ni wahutu. Hawa majority wamempigia kura Nkurunzinza na hawana upinzani naye. Na hata kama uko upinzani basi sio wa kushika AK-47 na mabomu kama hawa 'sindumuja' na kupambana na raia wenzao!
4. Hawa wenye silaha, ambao tunakubaliana kuwa wengi ni watutsi, wanaua raia wa kawaida ambao wengi ni wahutu kila siku. Je ni nini kitatokea endapo na hawa majority nao wataamua kuchukua silaha na kuingia mtaani ili "kujilinda" kama hawa watutsi wanavyofanya? Wakianza kuchinjana 'wenye silaha' kwa 'wenye silaha', wenye 'mabomu' kwa wenye 'mabomu' mpaka wenye 'mapanga' kwa wenye 'mapanga', mchambawima1 utasema kuwa ni vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe kama mimi na watanzania wote au utasema ni genocide?

 

[mchambawima1]

inaonekana tokea ukimbilie Tanzania hakuna kitu kilichokumalizia pesa kama kujifunza kiingeleza! kila siku mi nakuambia we ni mnafki unakataa, kumbe habari uletazo hapa ni zile zinazoendana na propaganda zako tu? waastarabu hawafanyi hivyo bali huleta habari tofauti kusudi tuzijadili/tuelemishane! kwa hiyo na wewe umeingia mkenge eti hao ni kutoka upande wa waandamanaji au unajifanyisha jMali? hawa ndio wale ndugu zako IMBONERAKURE! Nkurunziza halali, kila siku mbinu mpya! yawezaje kuingia akilini, nchi imo katika hali ya tahadhali na ingawa sio "vitani" alafu watu waweze kutembea na siraha kwa muda wa masaa mawili tena karibu ya ikulu bila hata kukutana na polisi? kama ni hivyo si aachie nchi tu kuliko kuendelea kutuuzia propaganda ambazo haziingi akilini... shauri yake! mwache afanye usanii wake alafu akisha maliza aje kuiambia dunia jinsi polisi wake wanavyo kamata raia wema kuwapeleka kituoni na kuwaokota asubuhi yake wakiwa wameuwawa!

 

[mchambawima1]

ukabila utakufikisha pabaya! wenye silaha ni kabila la watutsi? haya jMali tuthibitishie basi... kwani mi najuwa wauwaji wa Burundi ni serikali yao na inatumia kila siraha kuhakikisha wanatawala kimabavu

 

[jMali]

ukabila utakufikisha pabaya! wenye silaha ni kabila la watutsi? haya jMali tuthibitishie basi... kwani mi najuwa wauwaji wa Burundi ni serikali yao na inatumia kila siraha kuhakikisha wanatawala kimabavu

Usichanganye mada, hawa 'armed vigilantes' wanajilinda dhidi ya genocide against nani? are they hutu or tutsi?

 

[jMali]

inaonekana tokea ukimbilie Tanzania hakuna kitu kilichokumalizia pesa kama kujifunza kiingeleza! kila siku mi nakuambia we ni mnafki unakataa, kumbe habari uletazo hapa ni zile zinazoendana na propaganda zako tu? waastarabu hawafanyi hivyo bali huleta habari tofauti kusudi tuzijadili/tuelemishane! kwa hiyo na wewe umeingia mkenge eti hao ni kutoka upande wa waandamanaji au unajifanyisha jMali? hawa ndio wale ndugu zako IMBONERAKURE! Nkurunziza halali, kila siku mbinu mpya! yawezaje kuingia akilini, nchi imo katika hali ya tahadhali na ingawa sio "vitani" alafu watu waweze kutembea na siraha kwa muda wa masaa mawili tena karibu ya ikulu bila hata kukutana na polisi? kama ni hivyo si aachie nchi tu kuliko kuendelea kutuuzia propaganda ambazo haziingi akilini... shauri yake! mwache afanye usanii wake alafu akisha maliza aje kuiambia dunia jinsi polisi wake wanavyo kamata raia wema kuwapeleka kituoni na kuwaokota asubuhi yake wakiwa wameuwawa!

Thousands initially protested against the president and opposed his re-election in a disputed July vote. Now some have formed vigilante units, coming out at night in tracksuits and jeans, clutching AK-47 rifles as they patrol.

Duh! Wewe ni shida kweli kweli aisee! Hivi wewe mzima kweli? Sawa bwana, nakubali yaishe kuwa kumbe IMBONERAKURE were the ones protesting against Nkurunzinza. :clap2::crazy:

 

[BekaNurdin]

inaonekana tokea ukimbilie Tanzania hakuna kitu kilichokumalizia pesa kama kujifunza kiingeleza! kila siku mi nakuambia we ni mnafki unakataa, kumbe habari uletazo hapa ni zile zinazoendana na propaganda zako tu? waastarabu hawafanyi hivyo bali huleta habari tofauti kusudi tuzijadili/tuelemishane! kwa hiyo na wewe umeingia mkenge eti hao ni kutoka upande wa waandamanaji au unajifanyisha jMali? hawa ndio wale ndugu zako IMBONERAKURE! Nkurunziza halali, kila siku mbinu mpya! yawezaje kuingia akilini, nchi imo katika hali ya tahadhali na ingawa sio "vitani" alafu watu waweze kutembea na siraha kwa muda wa masaa mawili tena karibu ya ikulu bila hata kukutana na polisi? kama ni hivyo si aachie nchi tu kuliko kuendelea kutuuzia propaganda ambazo haziingi akilini... shauri yake! mwache afanye usanii wake alafu akisha maliza aje kuiambia dunia jinsi polisi wake wanavyo kamata raia wema kuwapeleka kituoni na kuwaokota asubuhi yake wakiwa wameuwawa!

Sasa si ujibu hoja zake?

 

[mchambawima1]

Sasa si ujibu hoja zake?

nijibu nini tena? au unachakuongeza?

 

[mchambawima1]

Usichanganye mada, hawa 'armed vigilantes' wanajilinda dhidi ya genocide against nani? are they hutu or tutsi?

labda kama atafanya Genocide mbili kwani wapinzani wameshikamana wahutu na watutsi kwa pamoja! lakini "armed vigilantes"=Imbonerakure, period! mjomba wako Nkurunziza anataka kufanya watu hawana akili, unataka kuniambia askari wake kuna sehemu hawaruhusiwi kufika? tena karibu ya Ikulu! mh, hiyo haiingii kichwani hata kidogo, sasa anatawala nchi au baadhi ya maeneo? halafu sehemu nyingine kawaachia watu wajilindie usalama wao?

 

[Walnut Creek]

Shauri yao. Watu wa Rwanda na Burundi hata Baba wa Taifa aliwachoka wakati anajaribu kuwasuluhisha.

 

[mchambawima1]

Thousands initially protested against the president and opposed his re-election in a disputed July vote. Now some have formed vigilante units, coming out at night in tracksuits and jeans, clutching AK-47 rifles as they patrol.

Duh! Wewe ni shida kweli kweli aisee! Hivi wewe mzima kweli? Sawa bwana, nakubali yaishe kuwa kumbe IMBONERAKURE were the ones protesting against Nkurunzinza. :clap2::crazy:

bado unajifanya hauelewi? hao ni IMBONERAKURE wa CNDD/FDD pretend to play a different role and call them selves "armed vigilantes" so that Nkurunziza can justify his crimes against the majority(Hutu + Tutsis) who oppose his illegal 3rd term

 

[jMali]

bado unajifanya hauelewi? hao ni IMBONERAKURE wa CNDD/FDD pretend to play a different role and call them selves "armed vigilantes" so that Nkurunziza can justify his crimes against the majority(Hutu + Tutsis) who oppose his illegal 3rd term

Mkuu umeshinda, siwezi kubishana na facts zako maana zinanichanganya kweli mimi akili ndogo, yaani IMBONERAKURE ndio walioandamana dhidi ya Nkurunzinza? na ndio wanao patrol Cibitoke, Butarere etc, wakipambana na polisi? Na ndio wanao assassinate viongozi wa Burundi? Let alone your 'fact' that majority of Burundians oppose Nkurunzinza.

 

[jMali]

labda kama atafanya Genocide mbili kwani wapinzani wameshikamana wahutu na watutsi kwa pamoja! lakini "armed vigilantes"=Imbonerakure, period! mjomba wako Nkurunziza anataka kufanya watu hawana akili, unataka kuniambia askari wake kuna sehemu hawaruhusiwi kufika? tena karibu ya Ikulu! mh, hiyo haiingii kichwani hata kidogo, sasa anatawala nchi au baadhi ya maeneo? halafu sehemu nyingine kawaachia watu wajilindie usalama wao?

Ndio maana wewe nakuita 'akili kubwaz'. Wewe na ndugu zako mnadai watutsi wanawindwa Burundi, hawa jamaa wanaodai wanabeba silaha kujilinda na genocide, wewe unasema ni Imbonerakure. So basically you are saying there will be genocide against tutsi by hutus and genocide against hutus by hutus. Dah, umeshinda chief! :crazy:

 

[Talkandtalk]

cc: bona Ngongo

Hahaha. Kutojua kingereza kwa mchambawima1 kunamfanya alete threads ambazo zinakubaliana na yote anayoyapinga kila siku pale ambapo yataletwa na jMali kwa lugha ya kiswahili! 😛oa Labda nimtafsirie kwa kifupi the gist of what he has posted.

Thousands initially protested against the president and opposed his re-election in a disputed July vote. Now some have formed vigilante units, coming out at night in tracksuits and jeans, clutching AK-47 rifles as they patrol. "If the police shoot at us, then, yes, we will fight back,"
Mchambawima1 umeona hapo? Hao vigilantes (mgambo/sungusungu) ni waandamanaji ambao siasa na majadiliano yamewashinda na sasa wamechukua silaha. Ni nchi gani ambayo polisi ataona mtu asiye polisi amebeba AK-47 na asimpige risasi? Lakini wakishapigwa risasi katika mapambano, mnakuwa bize kwenye mitandao kusambaza mapicha ya 'ukatili wa Nkurunzinza' dhidi ya raia, conviniently forgetting kuwa walikuwa wanapambana na polisi kwa AK-47! By the way, habari haisemi from WHERE these CIVILIANS get AK-47, being that its a WAR-GRADE weapon limited to the police au jeshi?

..although a court had ruled before his re-election that he could serve five more years.
Kwa nini sasa washike AK-47 badala ya kwenda kwenye court ya juu zaidi? Well, maybe because they did and the EAC court ikamkubalia Nkurunzinza! So the only option for terrorists ni AK-47s at night and random bombs at markets by day!

?I can?t say that this is a rebel movement, and no one is claiming that,"
Ndio, of course its not a rebel movement, a proper rebel movement won't attack innocent civilians or even clash deliberately with the police, a rebel movement would fight the army. Hawa hawataki kujulikana kuwa wao ni rebels proper, ili kusudi wanapouliwa kitu pekee known about them kiwe ni kabila lao, ionekane wameuawa kwa vile ni watutsi na sio kwa vile ni kundi lenye silaha. It was very clever in 94, not today.

Since the government has been killing people, we decided to come up with this initiative to protect ourselves,
According to stats, the majority of people killed so far are from those who supports Nkurunzinza! Je nani kawaua hawa? Na pande mbili zinapopigana ni lazima mmoja awe ndie aliyeanza na mwingine alazimike kupigana ili kujilinda. Je ni nani aliyeanza kuua?

At the start the nightly sortie, dozens of young men - about 20 of them carrying guns - lined up in military style on the street. When addressed by Fred and other commanders, they pumped fists in the air in salute. Then they split up.One unit paced through streets a few hundred meters from a police checkpoint, made of barbed wire strung across the road.
Raia wa kawaida kafundishwa saa ngapi military styles? Obviously hawa ni watu wenye ujuzi wa kile wanachofanya. These people have been trained. Na vile vile ripoti from warundi wenyewe ni kwamba, wakazi wengi wa maeneo hayo yenye maandamano walishakimbilia Rwanda kama wakimbizi. Hawa 'vigilantes' kweli ni wakazi wa hapo au wageni wanaofanana na wakazi wa hapo? Tukikumbuka kule DRC, kwenye vita kati ya FARDC na M23, wanakijiji wengi walitoa ushuhuda kwenye ripoti za UN kuwa M23 ambao supposedly ni wakongo wa hapo hapo, walikuwa hawaishi kuulizia njia!

"Not all of us are armed with firearms but those who don?t have guns or grenades use machetes," said a 35-year-old member of a vigilante group in another district of Bujumbura.
I hope mchambawima umeona kuwa ndugu zako wana silaha zote kuanzia bunduki, mabomu mpaka mapanga. Hayo mapanga wanachinjia nani? Maana wakichinjwa wao huwa ni genocide!


Mambo ambayo hayapingiki ni:
1. Wapinzani hawa ni watutsi, maeneo hayo yanajulikana kwa yoyote yule kuwa ni predominantly tutsi areas. That's why the same people wanavumisha kuwa mauaji yanayofanywa na polisi against them ni genocide. There is no question juu ya kabila la hawa watu.
2. Machafuko yako hapo tu kwenye maeneo hayo machache ya jiji la Bujumbura na sio kwingineko. Unaweza ukawa hapo hapo Bujumbura na usijue kuwa kuna machafuko Burundi.
3. Majority ya warundi ni wahutu. Hawa majority wamempigia kura Nkurunzinza na hawana upinzani naye. Na hata kama uko upinzani basi sio wa kushika AK-47 na mabomu kama hawa 'sindumuja' na kupambana na raia wenzao!
4. Hawa wenye silaha, ambao tunakubaliana kuwa wengi ni watutsi, wanaua raia wa kawaida ambao wengi ni wahutu kila siku. Je ni nini kitatokea endapo na hawa majority nao wataamua kuchukua silaha na kuingia mtaani ili "kujilinda" kama hawa watutsi wanavyofanya? Wakianza kuchinjana 'wenye silaha' kwa 'wenye silaha', wenye 'mabomu' kwa wenye 'mabomu' mpaka wenye 'mapanga' kwa wenye 'mapanga', mchambawima1 utasema kuwa ni vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe kama mimi na watanzania wote au utasema ni genocide?

jMali hivi chuki yako dhidi ya Watutsi itaisha lini? i have copied hii statement from your previous post:
The head of police in the whole of Bujumbura district is a Tutsi, the head of the Police response team of which people are complaining about its use of excessive force is also a Tutsi and reliable sources in Bujumbura indicate that his mother is a Rwandese Tutsi?.ohhh even Peter Nkurunziza's aid de camp (Chief escort ) is a Tutsi.
Kama ni hivyo then sidhani kama Nkurunziza angekuwa bado hai, manake hata chief escort wake ni mtutsi:

Genocide inaongelewa hapa kwa sababu watu wenye msimamo mkali na chuki ya kupitiliza, tayari mmeanza kutumia mgogoro huu kuingizia hate propaganda against Tutsi...
Kumbuka, thousands were demonstrating against Nkurunziza Tutsi and Hutus:
Kumbuka, opposition parties boycotted the Presidential election
Kumbuka,maraisi wote wa burundi waliopita wameonyesha kutomsupport:
Inakuwaje leo YOU PEOPLE you ommit all of that nakuingiza ukabila?
Hii propaganda ndiyo inafanya mataifa kuwakemea..

 

[jMali]

jMali hivi chuki yako dhidi ya Watutsi itaisha lini? i have copied hii statement from your previous post:
The head of police in the whole of Bujumbura district is a Tutsi, the head of the Police response team of which people are complaining about its use of excessive force is also a Tutsi and reliable sources in Bujumbura indicate that his mother is a Rwandese Tutsi?.ohhh even Peter Nkurunziza's aid de camp (Chief escort ) is a Tutsi.
Kama ni hivyo then sidhani kama Nkurunziza angekuwa bado hai, manake hata chief escort wake ni mtutsi:

Genocide inaongelewa hapa kwa sababu watu wenye msimamo mkali na chuki ya kupitiliza, tayari mmeanza kutumia mgogoro huu kuingizia hate propaganda against Tutsi...
Kumbuka, thousands were demonstrating against Nkurunziza Tutsi and Hutus:
Kumbuka, opposition parties boycotted the Presidential election
Kumbuka,maraisi wote wa burundi waliopita wameonyesha kutomsupport:
Inakuwaje leo YOU PEOPLE you ommit all of that nakuingiza ukabila?
Hii propaganda ndiyo inafanya mataifa kuwakemea..

Wewe ndio mwenye chuki kwa kuwa huwezi kuzungumza makabila ya watu kwa njia yoyote ile bila kuweka absolutes. Wewe unapodai genocide do you mean EACH AND EVERY HUTU will commit it? Sasa mbona mimi nikisema Tutsis this or that, wewe unataka ieleweke kuwa ninamaanisha ALL Tutsis?
Pili, nashukuru kwa ku quote hiyo article which shows how much Tutsis are in power in Burundi and how stupid these
'sindumuja's are kwa kudai kuwa wanabeba AK-47s kwa ajili ya ku prevent genocide.
Third, did you really say MARAISI wote wa Burundi waliopita wameonyesha kutomsupport? Hivi unajua historia ya Burundi au? Unamaanisha marais au WATAWALA waliopindua? Kama sikosei Nkurunzinza ndio rais mhutu pekee ALIYE HAI! Na hao unaomaanisha wewe wote ni waasi waliopindua nchi baada ya KUUA marais wahutu! Their word doesn't carry any weight except to an extremist!

 

[mchambawima1]

Mkuu umeshinda, siwezi kubishana na facts zako maana zinanichanganya kweli mimi akili ndogo, yaani IMBONERAKURE ndio walioandamana dhidi ya Nkurunzinza? na ndio wanao patrol Cibitoke, Butarere etc, wakipambana na polisi? Na ndio wanao assassinate viongozi wa Burundi? Let alone your 'fact' that majority of Burundians oppose Nkurunzinza.

hapana! IMBONERAKURE(Interahamwe Burundian version) ni wanamgambo wa Nkurunziza, walitengezwa kusudi watishe na kulazimisha wananchi kumpigia kura Nkurumbi! wako huru kuoperate ndani ya Burundi wakiwa na siraha zao! hayo ya viongozi siyajuwi lakini for sure, they are the ones assassinating those opposition figures...

 

[iArmaniAdamson]

As darkness falls, vigilantes armed with automatic rifles emerge to patrol the streets of Bujumbura, a city plagued by killings and violence as Burundi's crisis deepens.

For months, the trill of cicadas in the tropical night has been interrupted by sporadic gunfire and explosions across the capital, center of the turmoil sparked by President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office.

Thousands initially protested against the president and opposed his re-election in a disputed July vote. Now some have formed vigilante units, coming out at night in tracksuits and jeans, clutching AK-47 rifles as they patrol.

democracy does not work in Africa. I think these people should go back to Chiefdomship instead of clinging into something which not really for them

 

[jMali]

hapana! IMBONERAKURE(Interahamwe Burundian version) ni wanamgambo wa Nkurunziza, walitengezwa kusudi watishe na kulazimisha wananchi kumpigia kura Nkurumbi! wako huru kuoperate ndani ya Burundi wakiwa na siraha zao! hayo ya viongozi siyajuwi lakini for sure, they are the ones assassinating those opposition figures...

Unafurahisha unaposhindwaga huwa unatengeneza facts zako peke yako. Imbonerakure hawajatengenezwa juzi wala jana, na wala kazi yao sio kupiga watu. Imbonerakure ni youth wing ya CNDD-FDD, kama ambavyo Jeunesse Patriotique Hutu (JPH) ni youth wing ya chama cha upinzani FNL, kama ambavyo UVCCM ni youth wing ya CCM. Kila chama burundi kina youth wing, just like kila chama Rwanda 1994 kilikuwa na youth wing, ila kwa ajili ya kujustify mauaji yao, kila kijana ambaye hakutaka kutawaliwa na RPF aliitwa interahamwe kilazima!
Sikatai kuwa some members wa Imbonerakure wanafanya fujo, lakini sio kweli kuwa kila kijana Burundi anayepambana na 'sindumuja' terrorist ni Imbonerakure.