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Article: Burundi: Blood, Tears, And Maybe Even Hope
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- November 13, 1996
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Deardra Shuler
New York Beacon, The
11-13-1996
Burundi: Blood, Tears, And Maybe Even Hope.
By Deardra Shuler
For those of us who may need to brush up on our geography, Burundi is a small country located in Central Africa, sandwiched between Tanzania on the East, Zaire on the West and Rwanda on the North.
It is a poor country whose main economy is dominated by agriculture. Most of the nation's gross national product remains within Burundi with a small portion exported such as coffee, tea, and leather. Industries include textiles, breweries, glassworks, sugar and tobacco processing and consumer chemicals.
The country's 6 million people are divided into three ethnic groups: Hutus who make up 85%, ...