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Amongst other facts, the survey states that over 1000 people were
killed in 2008 and even more were injured. By analysing the causes of armed violence, the perpetrators and the victims the report is intended to guide actions to increase democratic security at the
national and community level. It is intended to be a tool for the application of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development to Burundi and support efforts to make peace a reality for a
vulnerable population.
DanChurchAid supported
'Insecurity Is Also a War': An Assessment of Armed Violence in Burundi" by seconding an international staff member to conduct field research and gather valuable data that was integrated into the
final report.
[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]
A Tanzania Red Cross Society (TRCS) volunteer holds the hand of an albino toddler at a picnic organised by the TRCS at the government-run school for the disabled in Kabanga, in ...
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