burundi: rebels still call the shots

Even if they no longer hold the whip hand in Burundi, armed rebels have shown that they still have a lethal grip on it. Even as the government and the largest rebel movement fine-tuned their proposals to recharge the transitional process, renewed fighting flared around Bujumbura. Humanitarian organisations reported that another 15 000 people had been displaced. Those responsible are the National Liberation Front (FNL) of Agaton Rwasa and renegade elements of the Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD).