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Maafisa wa Wizara ya mambo ya nje ya Marekani wamesema wameona ushahidi kuwa serikali ya Rwanda imekua ikijihusisha matukio ya machafuko katika nchi jirani ya Burundi.
Inaelezwa kuwa Rwanda imekuwa ikiwapa silaha na mafunzo wakimbizi waliokimbia machafuko nchini Burundi.
Burundi imetumbukia mgogoro wa wenyewe kwa wenyewe tangu Rais Pierre Nkurunziza alipoamua kugombea uraisi kwa muhula wa tatu.
Maafisa hao wa Marekani wanasema taarifa walizonazo kutoka kwa maafis wenzano waliopo kwenye kambi za wakimbizi nchini Rwanda, zinasema Rwanda imekuwa ikihusika na vurugu katika nchi jirani Burundi.
Akihojiwa na Congress mmoja wa wanadiplomasia amesema taarifa za kuaminika kwamba wakimbizi wa Burundi ikiwa ni pamoja na watoto wamekuwa wakipewa mafunzo katika makambi nchini Rwanda, na kupambana kwa silaha na serikali.
Ghasia zilizuka nchini Burundi mwaka jana baada ya rais wa nchi hiyo kusema atagombea kwa muhula wa tatu.
Serikali za nchi hizi mbili zina makabila ambayo ni mahasimu , na kuna ongezeko la wasiwasi wa kimataifa kuwa mgogoro mwingine wa kikabila inaweza kuota mizizi katika eneo hilo.
Tayari Waziri wa mambo ya nje wa Rwanda amekanusha tuhuma hizo ambapo amesema Umoja wa Mataifa unapaswa kutafuta mikakati ya kutatua mgogoro ya kisiasa badala ya kutafuta nani wa kumtupia lawama.
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Inaelezwa kuwa Rwanda imekuwa ikiwapa silaha na mafunzo wakimbizi waliokimbia machafuko nchini Burundi.
Burundi imetumbukia mgogoro wa wenyewe kwa wenyewe tangu Rais Pierre Nkurunziza alipoamua kugombea uraisi kwa muhula wa tatu.
Maafisa hao wa Marekani wanasema taarifa walizonazo kutoka kwa maafis wenzano waliopo kwenye kambi za wakimbizi nchini Rwanda, zinasema Rwanda imekuwa ikihusika na vurugu katika nchi jirani Burundi.
Akihojiwa na Congress mmoja wa wanadiplomasia amesema taarifa za kuaminika kwamba wakimbizi wa Burundi ikiwa ni pamoja na watoto wamekuwa wakipewa mafunzo katika makambi nchini Rwanda, na kupambana kwa silaha na serikali.
Ghasia zilizuka nchini Burundi mwaka jana baada ya rais wa nchi hiyo kusema atagombea kwa muhula wa tatu.
Serikali za nchi hizi mbili zina makabila ambayo ni mahasimu , na kuna ongezeko la wasiwasi wa kimataifa kuwa mgogoro mwingine wa kikabila inaweza kuota mizizi katika eneo hilo.
Tayari Waziri wa mambo ya nje wa Rwanda amekanusha tuhuma hizo ambapo amesema Umoja wa Mataifa unapaswa kutafuta mikakati ya kutatua mgogoro ya kisiasa badala ya kutafuta nani wa kumtupia lawama.
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The US has raised concerns with Rwandan officials over reports suggesting it is involved in "destabilising activities" in neighbouring Burundi, officials have said.
Rwanda is reported to have armed and trained refugees to fight on behalf of the Burundian opposition.
The Rwandan government has denied the allegations.
Burundi has been hit by civil conflict since President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to stand for a third term.
In a hearing in the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, two top diplomats cited reports from colleagues in the field that they said pointed to Rwandan involvement in the Burundi crisis.
Thomas Perriello, US envoy for the Great Lakes region of Africa, said the reports suggested that Burundian refugees, including children, were being recruited from camps in Rwanda to participate in armed attacks against the Burundian government.
Turmoil erupted in Burundi after Mr Nkurunziza announced plans last April to run for a third term, which he went on to win.
More than 400 people have died in the violence and at least 240,000 have fled the country.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US assistant secretary of African affairs, said that US officials had encouraged Rwandan authorities "to play a productive role and not to do anything that might further destabilise Burundi".
The governments of Rwanda and Burundi are from rival ethnic groups and there is growing international concern that another ethnic conflict could take root in the region.
Last week, a UN panel reported that Burundian refugees had been recruited at a refugee camp in eastern Rwanda in May and June 2015, and given two months of military training.
Burundi's deepening crisis:
■ April 2015: Protests erupt after President Pierre Nkurunziza announces he will seek a third term in office.
■ May 2015: Constitutional court rules in favour of Mr Nkurunziza, amid reports of judges being intimidated. Tens of thousands flee violence amid protests.
■ May 2015: Army officers launch a coup attempt, which fails.
■ July 2015: Elections are held, with Mr Nkurunziza re-elected. The polls are disputed, with opposition leader Agathon Rwasa describing them as "a joke"
■ November 2015: Burundi government gives those opposing President Nkurunziza's third term five days to surrender their weapons ahead of a promised crackdown.
■ November 2015: UN warns it is less equipped to deal with violence in Burundi than it was for the Rwandan genocide.
■ December 2015: 87 people killed on one day as soldiers respond to an attack on military sites in Bujumbura.
■ January 2016: Amnesty International publishes satellite images it says are believed to be mass graves close to where December's killings took place
Source: BBC