A brief overview of burundi.
Top 10 Events in Burundi in since 2009
1. 2009 March - The Paris Club of creditor nations cancels all of the $134.3m debt Burundi owed to its members.
2. 2009 April - Ex-rebel Godefroid Niyombare becomes first ever Hutu chief of general staff of the army.
3. FNL lays down arms and officially becomes a political party in a ceremony supervised by the African Union.
4. 2010 June - Presidential election. Nkurunziza re-elected in uncontested poll after main opposition parties boycott the vote and parliamentary polls. They say earlier district elections were rigged, and form a new civil opposition Alliance of Democrats for Change (ADC-Ikibiri). FNL leader Agathon Rwasa goes into hiding.
5. 2011 November - Rights group says more than 300 people killed in past five months, including opposition party members or members of former rebel FNL; accuse the government of restricting media and political freedom.
6. 2012 November - Murundi People's Front Abatabazi becomes sixth rebel group to launch attacks on government forces from across the DRCongolese border since the disputed presidential election, adding to fears of a return to civil war.
7. 2013 June - President Nkurunziza approves new media law which critics condemn as an attack on press freedom. Law forbids reporting on matters that could undermine national security, public order or the economy.
8. 2013 August - The leader of the former rebel FML, Agathon Rwasa, resurfaces after three years in hiding and says he will stand in the 2015 presidential election.
9. 2014 January - Burundi deploys a battalion of troops to Central African Republic, as part of an international effort to prevent a descent into civil war there.
10. 2014 March - Several opposition supporters are jailed for life for attending an illegal demonstration. Parliament blocks a government attempt to introduce changes to the constitution which would have threatened the balance of power between the country's main ethnic groups.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13087604 (accessed on April 26, 2014)
2. 2009 April - Ex-rebel Godefroid Niyombare becomes first ever Hutu chief of general staff of the army.
3. FNL lays down arms and officially becomes a political party in a ceremony supervised by the African Union.
4. 2010 June - Presidential election. Nkurunziza re-elected in uncontested poll after main opposition parties boycott the vote and parliamentary polls. They say earlier district elections were rigged, and form a new civil opposition Alliance of Democrats for Change (ADC-Ikibiri). FNL leader Agathon Rwasa goes into hiding.
5. 2011 November - Rights group says more than 300 people killed in past five months, including opposition party members or members of former rebel FNL; accuse the government of restricting media and political freedom.
6. 2012 November - Murundi People's Front Abatabazi becomes sixth rebel group to launch attacks on government forces from across the DRCongolese border since the disputed presidential election, adding to fears of a return to civil war.
7. 2013 June - President Nkurunziza approves new media law which critics condemn as an attack on press freedom. Law forbids reporting on matters that could undermine national security, public order or the economy.
8. 2013 August - The leader of the former rebel FML, Agathon Rwasa, resurfaces after three years in hiding and says he will stand in the 2015 presidential election.
9. 2014 January - Burundi deploys a battalion of troops to Central African Republic, as part of an international effort to prevent a descent into civil war there.
10. 2014 March - Several opposition supporters are jailed for life for attending an illegal demonstration. Parliament blocks a government attempt to introduce changes to the constitution which would have threatened the balance of power between the country's main ethnic groups.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13087604 (accessed on April 26, 2014)