The assassination of Burundian President Melchior Ndadaye

Witness History

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History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In July 1993, Melchior Ndadaye became Burundi’s first democratically elected president. He was also the first president to come from the country’s Hutu majority. For decades up to that point, Burundi had been ruled by a small group of individuals drawn from the among the Tutsi minority. President Ndadaye had come to power promising a new vision for Burundi. But within months he was murdered by soldiers. Rob Walker hears from Jean-Marie Ngendahayo who was Minister of Communications in President Ndadaye’s government. (Photo: A relative of Melchior Ndadaye holding a photo of him at his funeral. Credit: Getty Images)

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0:31.6	from the BBC World Service.
0:33.8	I'm Rob Walker.
0:34.8	Today we're going back to 1993 in the small African state of Burundi.
0:40.3	It was a time initially for many of hope,
0:42.9	a dynamic new president had come to power, promising a radical change
0:46.9	from Burundi's violent past.
0:49.3	But it was clear right from the beginning he faced overwhelming odds.
0:53.7	On the 10th of July 1993, Melcoyote and Didiah became Burundi's first
1:06.7	democratically elected president.
1:09.0	He was also the first president to come from the country's Hutu majority.
1:13.1	Because for decades up to that point,
1:15.0	Burundi had been ruled by a small elite from within the Tsutsi
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