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Burundians flee capital over fears of government crackdown

– ‘Dark days lie ahead’ –

The rising unrest has sparked fears Burundi could slide back into conflict after its 1993-2006 civil war, when 300,000 people died as rebels from the majority Hutu people clashed with an army dominated by the minority Tutsis.

“Ask anyone in Bujumbura and they will tell you the same thing: dark days lie ahead,” Carina Tertsakian from Human Rights Watch warned.

“Burundi seems to be descending into uncontrolled violence. A frightening lawlessness is taking hold, which some authorities appear to be taking advantage of to justify brutal repression.”

In The Hague, the prosecutor of the world’s only permanent war crimes court warned on Friday she would take action if wide-scale abuses were committed in Burundi.

The political crisis has seen many independent media outlets shut down and many journalists have fled the country or gone into hiding because of threats and attacks.

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