The armed forces of Burundi are under investigation for recent and ongoing crimes against humanity, including rape, while high-level members of the government face international sanctions. Yet inexplicably, the United Nations pays Burundi some US $13 million a year to deploy hundreds of its soldiers as UN peacekeepers, providing the Burundian government with vital financing it needs to sustain its domestic campaign of mass rape and murder.
Read Code Blue’s 16-page report, THE UN’S DEAL WITH A DICTATOR, for an in-depth narrative substantiating our view that troops from Burundi do not belong in UN Peacekeeping.
Code blue statements
September 17, 2020
Burundian soldiers still don’t belong in un peacekeeping
July 16, 2020
burundi’s election must be postponed
May 15, 2020
the UN’s deal with a dictator
March 5, 2020
Burundian peacekeepers pose a threat
September 9, 2019
A record of shame
July 16, 2019
op-ed by paula donovan
May 6, 2019
Why is the un financing crimes against humanity?
March 19, 2019
Backgrounders and resources
Timeline: the un and burundi
burundian troops in UN & AU peace operations
membership of un security council
ngo reports
social media
Recent tweets from AIDS-Free World
on Burundi and UN Peacekeeping.
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