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History of Burundi
Urewe civilisation
Hutu, Tutsi and Twa origins
Kingdom of Burundi
German East Africa
1891–1919
Ruanda-Urundi
1922–1962
Ruzagayura famine
1943–1944
Road to independence
Parliamentary election
1961
Prince Rwagasore assassination
1961
Independence
1962
Burundi 1962–present
Army coup attempt
1965
Ndizeye coup
Jul 1966
Micombero coup
Nov 1966
Genocidal killings of Hutus
1972
Bagaza coup
1976
Buyoya coup, 1st
1987
Burundian Civil War
Army coup attempt
1993
Genocidal killings of Tutsis
1993
Buyoya coup, 2nd
1996
Titanic Express massacre
2000
Army coup attempt
2001
Itaba massacre
2002
Current
Second Congo War
1998–2003
Burundian unrest
2015–2018
Army coup attempt
2015
COVID-19 pandemic
2020–present
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Burundi originated in the 16th century as a small kingdom in the African Great Lakes region. After European contact, it was united with the Kingdom of Rwanda, becoming the colony of Ruanda-Urundi - first colonised by Germany and then by Belgium. The colony gained independence in 1962, and split once again into Rwanda and Burundi. It is one of the few countries in Africa (along with Rwanda, Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini) to be a direct territorial continuation of a pre-colonial era African state.
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