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{{Infobox country|name=Republic of Burundi|native_name=Repuburika y’Uburundi<br>République du Burundi|image_flag=Flag of Burundi.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of Burundi.svg|capital=Gitega|largest_city=Bujumbura|government_type=Unitary dominant-party presidential republic under an authoritarian state|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Évariste Ndayishimiye]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=[[Gervais Ndirakobuca]]|image_map=Burundi (orthographic projection).svg|map_width=300px|area_km2=27,834|population_estimate=13,162,952|population_estimate_year=2023}}

'''Burundi''', officially the '''Republic of Burundi''' is an [[Africa|African]] country bordered by [[United Republic of Tanzania|Tanzania]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and [[Republic of Rwanda|Rwanda]]. Burundi is a member of the [[African Union]], and [[United States Africa Command|AFRICOM]].

== History ==

=== German colonial rule ===
From 1890, [[German Empire (1871–1918)|Germany]] colonized Burundi, which became part of [[German East Africa]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Deutsche Welle|newspaper=Black Agenda Report|title=Burundi to Demand Colonial Reparations From Germany and Belgium|date=2020-08-19|url=https://blackagendareport.com/burundi-demand-colonial-reparations-germany-and-belgium}}</ref>

=== Belgian colonial rule ===
Following the [[First World War]], [[Kingdom of Belgium|Belgium]] took control of the colony, until it gained its independence in 1962. The Belgian government carried out a program of kidnapping biracial children from Burundi, and then Belgium Congo during the 1940s and 50s.<ref name=":0" />

=== Independence ===
During the colonial era, the ruling powers strengthened the divide between the [[Hutu]] and [[Tutsi]] groups. This contributed to a deadly ethnic conflict between them in the 1970s and then another civil war for 12 years from 1993, which killed some 300,000 people.<ref name=":0" />

=== 21st Century ===
In 2020 Burundi demanded that Germany, and Belgium to pay €36 billion ($42.6 billion) in reparations for colonial rule. The country also demands that colonisers return all of Burundi's stolen historical artifacts and archive material.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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[[Category:African countries]]

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