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nThensmall African nation of Burundi declared its freedom from Belgium onnthis date in 1962—but after that was a lot of war and violencenamong the various peoples and groups in the nation. Partly because ofnthis violence, Burundi is one of the poorest nations in the world,nwith 80% (more than three quarters!) of the population living innpoverty!
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n“Freedom”nand “democracy” are not necessarily easy to achieve. Certainly,ndeclaring a nation free or democratic doesn’t make it so. InnBurundi’s case, corruption undermines the “rule of law,” andncontinuing violence between ethnic groups makes it hard to pullntogether to face other horrible problems such as the HIV/AIDSnepidemic and food shortages.
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Ofncourse, no matter how sad a nation’s economic and politicalnsituation, every nation has its natural beauties and cultural riches.nCheck out this tourism video to learn about Burundi’s!
Ofncourse, no matter how sad a nation’s economic and politicalnsituation, every nation has its natural beauties and cultural riches.nCheck out this tourism video to learn about Burundi’s! n
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| Burundi is landlocked but borders the huge Lake Tanganyika! |
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nAlsonon this date:
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nCanada Day
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nAnniversary of the first public zoo in the US
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