burundi: A Framework For Responsible Aid To Burundi

Developments over the last two months, including ceasefire agreements that have brought all but one rebel group into political negotiations and the anticipated deployment within weeks of an African Union military observer mission, have created more momentum for peace in Burundi than at any time since the civil war began ten years ago. But donor reluctance to resume major aid has become counter-productive and peace dividends are needed to give rebels an incentive to accept disarmament and reintegration into society and to provide the international community leverage with which to press the transitional government to carry out its commitments under the Arusha peace accord, says the International Crisis Group.