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Embassy warns against comparing Burundi with Rwanda

    NAIROBI

    The Burundi embassy in South Africa has urged caution over predictions of a Rwanda-type genocide in Burundi. In a message sent to IRIN on Friday, the embassy said similarities between the two countries were due to political history and geopolitics “but not to a predisposition to violence”. The embassy said that in order to confront the current violence in Bujumbura, “self-defence units” were being organised for the population. “This self-defence, which is controlled by the administration and the army, should not be confused with the formation of militias which is illegal,” the message stressed.

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