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The page on Pierre Buyoya, ruler of Burundi, does not apear to adhere to Wikipedia's standard of neutral point of view. In the article the author asserts that "Buyoya is war criminal". Though Mr. Buyoya

may well be one, the author should give only the plain facts and let the reader come to his or her own conclusions. Further, his comment that Buyoya "will [in due time] will be tried and pay for the

crimes against humanity that he perpetrated in Burundi" is unnecessary since the author cannot be certain of this. Nothing substantial is relayed to the reader as the author's assertion is not a

probability but a solid projection.

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I agree. I will be checking this page in about a month (as well as possibly researching Burundi), and unless there are fresh comments on the talk page or fresh citations, I will re-word the sentence about "in due time".

130.132.231.50 13:34, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[email protected][reply]

Crimes against humanity?[edit]

I've looked, and haven't been able to find anything accusing Buyoya of committing crimes against humanity. He was accused last year of ordering the assassination of a World Health Organization official, although the accusation may not be credible.

Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya was on Thursday (January 27) accused of having ordered the assassination in November 2001 in front of the appeal court in Bujumbura of the World Health Organisation representative Kass Manlan. The charge was made by Belgian lawyer Bernard Maingain, the counsel for Gertrude Nyamoya, Manlan's former secretary who was arrested in 2003 and spent two years at the Mpimba prison. She was released after the court found her not guilty.

Burundian legal sources dismiss the charges and describe the controversy as "character assassination" against Buyoya. Neither the WHO nor Manlan's family are party to the charge. Yet it could have severe domestic implications, though Buyoya is no longer president and is formally out of the political picture.

It sounds entirely feasible that Buyoya was responsible for the assassination of the man he overthrew in '96, and Buyoya does sound like a fairly shady character--another central African strongman. But I haven't seen anything to back up this anonymous user's accusations. --Mr. Billion 04:41, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who was his backup?[edit]

I read about these people taking power. To gain control of the country he must have military power. Is it possible to find out who armed his 'group'. How his soldiers were paid etc? tk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.83.231 (talk) 15:44, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]