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Burundi

19 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Burundi, 1972 CE to 2025 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

20th century

7 entries, 1972 CE to 1994 CE

  • 1972May 1 - Hutu rebels set up their own short-lived, "People's Republic of Martyazo", at the Bururi Province. The Tutsi-dominated Burundian Army ended the secession movement within two weeks, before beginning the slaughter of thousands of Hutus.Burundisource
  • 1972April 29 - An uprising in Burundi by the Hutu people against the Tutsi-dominated government, began with machete attacks that killed more than 3,000 Tutsi civilians and soldiers. In the words of one observer, "the ferocity of the ensuing repression by the army was beyond imagination", with more than 100,000 Hutus being massacred over the next five months. In the genocide that followed, educated Hutu people—schoolchildren, college students, civil servants—were murdered, "especially anyone wearing glasses".Burundisource
  • 198318 May - Christian Nduwimana, Burundian football playerBurundisource
  • 198316 July - Michel Micombero, Burundian military officer and statesman, 8th Prime Minister and 1st President of Burundi (b. 1940)Burundisource
  • 1993October 21 - President Ndadaye was assassinated by Tutsi extremists, starting another genocide against Tutsis and a civil war.Burundisource
  • 1994April 6 - The airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down by Hutu extremists as it prepared to land in Kigali. This was the major cause for the Rwandan genocide in Rwanda.Burundisource
  • 1994April 6 - The airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down by Hutu extremists as it prepared to land in Kigali. This was the major cause for the Rwandan genocide in Rwanda.Burundisource

21st century

12 entries, 2006 CE to 2025 CE

  • 200627 January - The UN Security Council adopts Resolution 1653 on peace and stability in the Great Lakes region, including Burundi.Burundisource
  • 2006A curfew originally imposed during the 1972 mass killings of Hutus is lifted after over 3 decades.Burundisource
  • 2006Gabriel Rufyiri, head of the anti-corruption group OLUCOME, is imprisoned on libel charges after denouncing government corruption.Burundisource
  • 200630 August - The Burundi government accuses acting Special Representative Nureldin Satti and requests his removal from office.Burundisource
  • 2015August 3 - Pierre Claver Mbonima a human right activist was shot in the face and neck in Bujumbura, after facing numerous death threats and fled to Belgium for urgent medical care. On 9 October 2015, unidentified armed persons killed his son in law Pascal Nshimirimana, a month later the son of Pierre, Welly Nzitonda was arrested and later found dead on a roadside.Burundisource
  • 20171 January - Environmental minister, Emmanuel Niyonkuru, is gunned down in Bujumbura.Burundisource
  • 2019December 5 – 41 people die, and 40 others are injured during a series of landslides in Cibitoke, Bujumbura, Bubanza, and CankuzoBurundisource
  • 20214 February – Burundi Airlines is established.Burundisource
  • 202325-29 September & 2-4 October – A team from the IMF under the leadership of the Mission Chief for Burundi, Ms. Mame Astou Diouf, visited Bujumbura to discuss developments under this new arrangement.Burundisource
  • 202317 July – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 38-month arrangement of about US$ 261.7 million under the Extended Credit Facility.Burundisource
  • 202422 August – Burundi reports 171 new mpox cases, raising the total case count in the country to 572 cases.Burundisource
  • 202517 July – President Ndayishimiye is designated by the African Union as its special envoy to the Sahel region.Burundisource