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    Burundi is a landlocked country located in East Africa, bordered by Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For over 200 years it was an independent kingdom until colonization by Germany and later Belgium in the early 20th century. Burundi gained independence in 1962 but endured periods of ethnic cleansing and civil war throughout the 1970s and 1990s. Today Burundi has a multi-party democratic republic political system but remains one of the poorest and least developed nations in the world with over half the population living in poverty.

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    Burundi is a landlocked country located in East Africa, bordered by Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For over 200 years it was an independent kingdom until colonization by Germany and later Belgium in the early 20th century. Burundi gained independence in 1962 but endured periods of ethnic cleansing and civil war throughout the 1970s and 1990s. Today Burundi has a multi-party democratic republic political system but remains one of the poorest and least developed nations in the world with over half the population living in poverty.

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    Burundi (/bəˈrʊndi/ ( listen), /-ˈrʌn-/), officially the Republic of Burundi (Kirundi: Republika

    y'Uburundi,[12] [u.βu.ɾǔː.ndi]; French: République du Burundi, [buʁundi] or [byʁyndi]), is a landlocked


    country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge. It is
    bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic
    of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border. The capital cities are
    Gitega and Bujumbura.[13]
    The Twa, Hutu and Tutsi peoples have lived in Burundi for at least 500 years. For more than 200 of
    those years, Burundi was an independent kingdom, until the beginning of the 20th century,
    when Germany colonised the region.[14] After the First World War and Germany's defeat, it ceded the
    territory to Belgium. Both Germans and Belgians ruled Burundi and Rwanda as a European colony
    known as Ruanda-Urundi. Despite common misconceptions, Burundi and Rwanda had never been
    under common rule until the time of European colonisation.
    Burundi gained independence in 1962 and initially had a monarchy, but a series of assassinations,
    coups and a general climate of regional instability culminated in the establishment of a republic and
    one-party state in 1966. Bouts of ethnic cleansing and ultimately two civil wars and genocides during
    the 1970s and again in the 1990s left the economy undeveloped and the population as one of
    the world's poorest.[15] The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, both Hutus, died together when their
    aeroplane was shot down in April 1994. 2015 witnessed large-scale political strife as
    President Pierre Nkurunziza opted to run for a third term in office, a coup attempt failed and the
    country's parliamentary and presidential elections were broadly criticised by members of the
    international community.
    The sovereign state of Burundi's political system is that of a presidential representative
    democratic republic based upon a multi-party state. The President of Burundi is the head of
    state and head of government. There are currently 21 registered parties in Burundi.[16] On 13 March
    1992, Tutsi coup leader Pierre Buyoya established a constitution,[17] which provided for a multi-party
    political process and reflected multi-party competition.[18] Six years later, on 6 June 1998, the
    constitution was changed, broadening National Assembly's seats and making provisions for two
    vice-presidents. Because of the Arusha Accord, Burundi enacted a transitional government in 2000.
    [19]
     In October 2016, Burundi informed the UN of its intention to withdraw from the International
    Criminal Court.[20]
    Burundi remains primarily a rural society, with just 13.4% of the population living in urban areas in
    2019.[21] The population density of around 315 people per square kilometre (753 per sq mi) is the
    second highest in Sub-Saharan Africa.[16] Roughly 85% of the population are of Hutu ethnic origin,
    15% are Tutsi, and fewer than 1% are indigenous Twa.[22] The official languages of Burundi
    are Kirundi, French and English, Kirundi being recognised officially as the sole national language.[23]
    One of the smallest countries in Africa, Burundi's land is used mostly for subsistence agricultural and
    grazing, which has led to deforestation, soil erosion and habitat loss.[24] As of 2005 the country was
    almost completely deforested, with less than 6% of its land covered by trees and over half of that
    being commercial plantations.[25] In addition to poverty, Burundians often have to deal with corruption,
    weak infrastructure, poor access to health and education services, and hunger.[26] Burundi is densely
    populated and many young people emigrate in search of opportunities elsewhere. The World
    Happiness Report 2018 ranked Burundi as the world's least happy nation with a rank of 156.[27]

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