In 1993, the democratically elected president of Burundi, Melchior Ndadaye was assassinated in a coup. At the time, the country’s democratic institutions were still only three months old. The incident set off long-simmering ethnic tensions, leading to what would become a decade-long civil war. “We ate whatever we found on our path. We knocked down … Continue reading In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings