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Transcript: Burundi Could Experience Rwandan-Style Ethnic Slaughter
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- NPR Morning Edition
- Article date:
- August 16, 1994
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BOB EDWARDS, Host: There are fears that the ethnic violence in Rwanda
could spread to neighboring Burundi. The ethnic makeup of Burundi
is nearly identical to that of Rwanda, and, in recent weeks, tension
between the majority Hutu population and minority Tutsis has been
escalating.
[interviewing] Allison des Forges [sp] is a consultant to Human Rights
Watch in New York. She says unless the United Nations and other foreign
powers intervene, Burundi could experience the same ethnic slaughter
as Rwanda.
ALLISON DES FORGES, Consultant, Human Rights Watch, New York: The
situation is precarious because over a period of months there has
been great ...