Burundian Civil War

Like the more famous and commentary Rwandan Civil War, the Burundi Civil War was in simplified terms a war between Hutus (main Hutu faction is the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy or CNDD) and Tutsis. Despite the nature of a seemingly "race" war between the Hutus and Tutsis, the war was not just a war between the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Hutus rebels are very prone to infighting, and clashes between the CNDD and other Hutu militias like the Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People-Forces for the National Liberation or FNL (infighting between the main FNL and the Lovers of Peace faction of the FNL also have taken place) have commonly taken place in the war. The war was sparked when the Hutu president was assassinated by Tutsis extremists. His successor was also assassinated with his plane being shot-down by unknown attackers. Soon the war evolved into a cycle of killing and counter killing by both the Hutu rebels and the Tutsi government. Finally in 2006, the war at least theoretically ended. Also like the Rwandan Civil War, the Burundian Civil War spilled over into the Democratic Republic of the Congo Civil War, and the wars became intermingled to each over. In fact one Rwandan Rebel group, the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALiR) got involved in the Burundian Civil War. The Rebel group is a Hutu faction with made of the exiled perpetrators of the Rwandan Genocide.