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Title	Burundi: Information on practices and mechanisms used by the executive branch of government to control the military
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Burundi
Publication Date	1 July 1995
Citation / Document Symbol	BDI21251.E
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Burundi: Information on practices and mechanisms used by the executive branch of government to control the military, 1 July 1995, BDI21251.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6ac940.html [accessed 5 June 2012]
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Burundi: Information on practices and mechanisms used by the executive branch of government to control the military

Information on this specific subject could not be found among the sources consulted by DIRB. However, for information on the general situation in Burundi, the government, the army, and ethnic relations, please refer to the attached March 1995 Minority Rights Group (MRG) report on Burundi.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylm. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Afrique/Asie [Paris].

Africa Confidential [London]. Weekly.

Africa Events [London]. Monthly.

Africa News [Durham, NC]. Bi-monthly.

Africa Report [New York]. Bi-monthly.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political Series [London]. Monthly.

Human Rights in Africa. 1990. Washington: Brookings Institute.

Jeune Afrique [Paris]. Weekly.

New African [London]. Monthly.

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Computer on-line search.

Oral sources.

Attachment

Minority Rights Group [London]. March 1995. Filip Reyntjens. Burundi: Breaking the Cycle of Violence.

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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