Dr Andy Storey lectures in the Centre for Development Studies, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. He expresses his thanks to Jennifer Todd for helpful comments on
Dr Cori Wielenga is a post-doctoral fellow in the department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria. Abstract Rwanda has a history of violent conflict resulting in mass exoduses
Abstract The history of the world has always been punctuated by cycles of violence, regardless of time, region or race. Genocide, which is one of the worst forms of violence,
Abstract In Africa, the decade of the nineteen nineties was characterised by civil war and interstate conflict, but as the decade came to a close and a new millennium emerged
The article was translated from French by Dr Marcellin Vidjennagni Zounmenou. Abstract Since its independence in 1962, Burundi has witnessed conflicts and violence. A multitude of factors help explain these