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BURUNDI: Chronology of political and security situation in 2003
NAIROBI, 30 May 2003 (IRIN) -
14 Jan - Burundi ceasefire talks facilitator, South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma, says in Addis Ababa that Ethiopia, Mozambique and South Africa agree to supply troops to support the ceasefire in Burundi until a UN peacekeeping force could be deployed.
17 Jan - South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma meets Pierre Nkurunziza, the leader of the larger Conseil national pour la defense de la democratie-Force pour la defense de la democratie (CNDD-FDD) faction. They discuss the implementation of ceasefire agreements.
21 Jan - Zuma meets with Alain Mugabarabona, leader of the Parti leader of the Parti de liberation du peuple hutu-Forces nationales de liberation and Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye, the leader of another CNDD-FDD faction, to discuss the implementation of ceasefire agreements.
25-26 Jan - Zuma facilitates meetings in Pretoria, South Africa, between Burundian President Pierre Buyoya and three rebel leaders: Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye, Alain Mugabarabona, and Pierre Nkurunziza. The meetings cover issues such as the return of former fighters and leaders to Burundi; the participation of the former armed movements in the transitional institutions of the state and parliament; and issues relating to disarmament, demobilization, and the building of a new inclusive security apparatus in the country.
26 Jan - Buyoya signs a memorandum of understanding with Ndayikengurukiye and Mugabarabona, which will see the two exiled leaders return to the Burundi capital, Bujumbura, on 10 February.
27 Jan - President Buyoya and the leader of the largest wing of the CNDD-FDD, Pierre Nkurunziza, sign a memorandum of understanding in Pretoria, capital of South Africa, paving the way for the implementation of a ceasefire accord they reached in Arusha, Tanzania, on 2 December 2002.
30 Jan - A weeklong meeting of the defence and security technical commission of the transitional government of Burundi and Jean-Pierre Nkurunziza's CNDD-FDD faction in Dar es Salaam begins.
4 Feb - Burundi's interior and public security minister, Salvator Ntihabose, announces a 60-day extension of the house arrest of former President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, who has been under house arrest in Bujumbura since 4 November 2002.
13 Feb - Following years of exile, Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurikiye, leader of a faction CNDD-FDD rebel group, and Alain Mugabarabona, leader of a faction of the Parti pour la liberation du peuple hutu-Forces nationales de liberation (Palipehutu-FNL) rebel group, return to Burundi to take part in the implementation of the ceasefire accord signed with the government in October 2002.
14 Feb - The EC announces in Brussels will this year provide about two million Burundians a ?15-million (US $16.1 million) aid package, the commission's Humanitarian Aid Office.
24 Feb - The suspension of ceasefire talks between Burundi's transitional government and the main Hutu rebel group, CNDD-FDD is an "acutely negative" development that might lead to a "serious deadlock", Jan van Eck, a conflict analyst form the University of Pretoria, says
25 Feb - The Conseil national pour la defense de la democratie-Forces pour la defense de la democratie (CNDD-FDD) faction led by Pierre Nkurunziza warns that it will not be responsible for the security of observers sent by the African Union to monitor a ceasefire in the country.
2 Mar - Burundi's transitional government and the main rebel movement, Pierre Nkurunziza's faction of the CNDD-FDD recommit themselves to implementing past agreements to end nearly 10 years of civil war. The commitment is made in a joint communiqué signed at the end of a two-day regional summit on Burundi in the Tanzanian commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.
4 Mar - The EC donates ?1.23 million (US $1.34 million) towards the establishment of an African Union Ceasefire Observer Mission in Burundi that will monitor the implementation of the ceasefire agreements signed at the end of 2002 between the transitional government and all but one rebel faction.
9 Mar - Rebels of the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) loyal to Agathon Rwasa attack Rukaramu, an area 10 km northwest of the capital, Bujumbura, displacing 3,000 people.
12 Mar - Eight Gabonese soldiers arrive in the capital, Bujumbura, bringing to 43 the number of the African Union's ceasefire monitors in Burundi. Their arrival brings the force to its full complement.
19 Mar - Thousands of people from Ruyigi commune surviving in critical conditions, sleeping rough in order to escape repeated attacks by Forces pour la defense de la democratie (FDD) rebels.
26 Mar - The African Union (AU) and the government of Burundi sign an agreement on the statutes for the AU peacekeeping force due for deployed to Burundi
27 Mar - Ministry of Defence Serge Nizigiyimana says 68 rebels loyal to Pierre Nkurunziza and four government soldiers died during three days of intense fighting in the west-central province of Muramvya, around the Kavumu and Musenyi hills.
1 Apr - Defence ministers of Ethiopia, Mozambique and South Africa announce that their countries would send 3,500 peacekeeping troops to Burundi, under the aegis of the African Union.
2 Apr - The African Union (AU) outlines the mandate of its 3,500-strong peacekeeping force, due to be deployed in Burundi within 60 days.
3 Apr - A radio station in Burundi, African Public Radio, reports that around 440 civilians have been killed in fighting in the eastern province of Ruyigi since January.
4 Apr - Jean Baptiste Bagaza, the leader of the suspended Tutsi opposition Parti pour le redressement national (PARENA), is released from house arrest. Bagaza, a former president of Burundi, was placed under house arrest in November 2002 for allegedly plotting to kill President Buyoya.
10 Apr - Thousands of people flee Kanyosha Commune, southeast of the capital, Bujumbura, following heavy fighting between government forces and fighters loyal to rebel leader Pierre Nkurunziza.
15 Apr - Legislators vote 99-3 in favour of a bill repressing genocide and other crimes of war. There were 26 abstentions.
22 Apr - Alphonse Marie Kadege of the Uprona political party is nominated as the candidate for the vice-presidency in the second transitional phase in Burundi due to begin on 1 May.
25 Apr - The Burundian National Assembly and Senate confirm Alphonse Marie Kadege of the Uprona political party as the country's next vice-president.
25 Apr - The UN Children's Fund distributes non-food items to more than 500 Burundian families who were displaced when rebels shelled Kanyosha Commune, Bujumbura Rural Province.
30 Apr - Domitien Ndayizeye is inaugurated president of Burundi, to lead the second half of a three-year transitional power sharing government designed to end 10 years of civil war.
30 Apr - The African Union's ambassador to Burundi, Mamadou Bah, is appointed head of the African Mission in Burundi (AMIB), South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma announces.
5 May - Army launches offensives against FDD rebels in central and northern parts of the country.
5 May - A week after the transfer of the presidency from a Tutsi to a Hutu, the first wave of Burundian refugees arrives in Burundi, aid agencies say.
5 May - New President Domitien Ndayizeye reshuffles his cabinet, retaining all the ministers who served under former President Buyoya and naming three new faces from three pro-Hutu rebel groups.
7 May - The government lifts a six-month-old ban on the Parti pour le redressement national (Parena) led by a former state president, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza.
15 May - Humanitarian workers say that ore than 12,000 people have fled Bubanza Province, northwestern Burundi, since 5 May when the army launched an offensive against Forces pour la defence de la democratie (FDD) rebels.
18 May - The deputy commander of the African peacekeeping mission in Burundi, Brig-Gen Geberat Ayele of Ethiopia, arrives in Bujumbura, together with 15 officers, to prepare for the arrival of the rest of the Ethiopian contingent expected to take part in the mission.
26 May - The high command of the African peace mission in Burundi is complete, with the arrival in the capital, Bujumbura, of 11 officers from Mozambique. They join officers from Ethiopia and South Africa already in Burundi.
27 May - The UN Security Council says it will send a mission to Burundi 7-16 June to urge all parties in the country to "continue pressing for peace.
27 May - A local radio station reports that between 15,000 and 20,000 civilians have fled fighting that erupted on 22 May between the army and rebels of the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) faction of Alain Mugabarabona in Kabezi Commune, about 20 km south of capital, Bujumbura.
27 May - President Ndayizeye holds his first meeting with military commanding officers to discuss harmonisation in the running of the country during the second phase of the transition period.
Theme(s): (IRIN) Conflict
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