Burundi after the 2015 Elections: A Conference Report

Grauvogel, Julia

doi:10.1177/000203971605100201

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“…However, the COVID-19 pandemic, a major public health concern globally, has seriously affected refugees in Rwanda. On the 8th of February 2021, a communique [ 9 ] surprised refugees in the Mahama camp occupied by Burundians [ 10 ], who fled their country following the political crisis due to the controversial third term of the Burundian president Peter Nkurunziza in 2015 [ 11 ]. Signed by WFP’s agency in Rwanda in partnership with UNHCR and the ministry in charge of refugees, amid the strict restrictions within the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, the communique stated a 60% cut of food aid to refugees in Rwanda followed by a scheme for unconditional cash transfers [ 9 , 12 , 13 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food rations of refugees in Rwanda

Manirambona

Uwizeyimana

Uwiringiyimana

et al. 2021

Int J Equity Health

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly impacted the global economy, by forcing people to stay indoors and creating a ‘new normal’ of living. Rwanda has made notable efforts to fight the pandemic. However, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country’s economy are numerous and the refugees residing in Rwanda are not spared these effects. As of December 2020, 164,000 people were granted refugee status in Rwanda according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The majority were from neighbouring countries in the Great Lakes regions, including DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Burundi. The impact the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy has led to a decline in donations to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which in turn has significantly reduced the food rations of refugees. Such paucity will no doubt cause unprecedented impacts on the people residing in refugee camps, who completely depend on humanitarian aid to meet their basic food requirements. This lack of access to adequate and affordable food will expose refugees to extreme hunger and starvation, putting their lives in danger by triggering forced returns, infections, social conflicts and thus higher morbidity and mortality.Furthermore, such stressful environments would no doubt put the mental health of these already vulnerable communities at risk. It is unsurprising that refugees are more likely to experience poor mental health compared to local population, including higher rates of depression and anxiety disorders including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This is an issue as they are also less likely to receive support than the general population. Refugees in Rwanda are under the responsibility of UNHCR and WFP, who should ensure adequate food assistance is provided to refugees and therefore ameliorate the risks to health that result from food shortages, safeguarding these vulnerable communities.

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Section: Refugee Situation In Rwandamentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food rations of refugees in Rwanda

Manirambona

Uwizeyimana

Uwiringiyimana

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Int J Equity Health

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“…The expansion of the research community led to the recent establishment of an annual conference of social science researchers writing about Burundi (Grauvogel, 2016). All researchers interested in Burundi, however, need to confront a changing political situation in Burundi.…”

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“…Subsequently researchers became more critical about the international interests and ideas underpinning the peacebuilding project in Burundi and elsewhere. In retrospect, perhaps viewing the Arusha peace process as an example of liberal peacebuilding and then discussing the merits or the problems with this type of peacebuilding may have closed off other ways of thinking about Arusha (Grauvogel, 2016). Thus, timing matters, both in terms of who we talk to, who we have access to, which networks we establish, and which topics and approaches we choose.…”

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“…This research therefore had an impact on ideas about intervention in political, economic, and social sectors in Burundi and influenced the work of organisations such as Ligue Iteka, Observatoire de l'action gouvernementale (OAG), Forum pour le renforcement de la société civile (FORSC), Coalition de la société civile pour le monitoring electoral (COSOME), Observatoire de la lutte contre la corruption et les malversations économiques (OLUCOME), and Parole et action pour le réveil des consciences et l'évolution des mentalités (PARCEM). 5 The expansion of the research community led to the recent establishment of an annual conference of social science researchers writing about Burundi (Grauvogel, 2016). All researchers interested in Burundi, however, need to confront a changing political situation in Burundi.…”

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What Is Our Research For? Responsibility, Humility and the Production of Knowledge about Burundi

Curtis

2019

Africa Spectrum

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Political space in Burundi underwent a remarkable opening during the Burundian peace process and its immediate aftermath, which led to a rise in social science scholarship in Burundi. This space has increasingly narrowed, particularly since the crisis in 2015, presenting important challenges for social science scholars of Burundi. This changing political environment has consequences for the production of knowledge on Burundi. It is therefore timely to ask what purposes does research on Burundi serve. This article reflects upon different motivations and goals for social science research in Burundi and how these affect the types of research questions that are asked and the formats for knowledge dissemination. It argues that both the opening and closing of the Burundian political landscape bring into sharp relief the need for greater scholarly reflexivity. The article argues that in contexts of structural inequality and increased political control such as Burundi, we need to be particularly attentive to the need for scholarly responsibility and humility, as well as an awareness of the dynamics that have led to calls for the decolonisation of knowledge within the social sciences.

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“…Burundi’s post-colonial history after 1962 was marked by approximately four decades of violent political conflict along ethnic lines, followed by a negotiated and initially widely applauded (Curtis, 2019; Grauvogel, 2016) institutional re-engineering of the state on the basis of ethnic power-sharing. Under UPRONA single party rule (1966–1993), Burundi was characterised by severe horizontal inequalities along ethnic but also regional lines (Nkurunziza, 2012: 215).…”

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Ethnic Quotas and Foreign NGOs in Burundi: Shrinking Civic Space Framed as Affirmative Action

Vandeginste

2019

Africa Spectrum

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Since January 2017, foreign non-governmental organisations (ONGEs) active in Burundi are required to respect ethnic quotas (60 per cent Hutu, 40 per cent Tutsi) when employing local staff. The ethnic quota requirement was adopted amidst fears of re-ethnicisation of politics and society, enhanced control on civil society and tense relations between the Burundi government and its aid partners. While authorities justify the measure as a remedy for decades of discrimination along ethnic lines, an analysis of the legal reform shows that a variety of other motivations and dominant party interests account for its adoption and enforcement. While the reform mirrors a wider international trend of shrinking civic space, the Burundi case study also shows how a clever discursive strategy may skillfully divide ONGEs and their funding agencies. Furthermore, the case study reveals the instrumental use of obscurity and ambiguity in terms of the legal wording and enforcement of the ethnic quota requirement.

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Burundi after the 2015 Elections: A Conference Report

Cited by 9 publications

References 30 publications

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food rations of refugees in Rwanda

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food rations of refugees in Rwanda

What Is Our Research For? Responsibility, Humility and the Production of Knowledge about Burundi

Ethnic Quotas and Foreign NGOs in Burundi: Shrinking Civic Space Framed as Affirmative Action

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