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Burundi VP steps down over graft | Burundi VP steps down over graft |
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Burundi Vice-President Alice Nzomukunda has resigned over corruption and human rights abuses that she says are hampering her nation's progress. | Burundi Vice-President Alice Nzomukunda has resigned over corruption and human rights abuses that she says are hampering her nation's progress. |
She also cast doubt on an alleged coup plot, which is rocking the country. | |
Former President Domitien Ndayizeye has been arrested in connection with the plot but Mrs Nzomukunda said she was not aware of any evidence of the plot. | |
Former rebel leader Pierre Nkurunziza was elected president last year under a deal aimed at ending the conflict. | Former rebel leader Pierre Nkurunziza was elected president last year under a deal aimed at ending the conflict. |
Mrs Nzomukunda is from Mr Nkurunziza's mainly Hutu FDD party. | Mrs Nzomukunda is from Mr Nkurunziza's mainly Hutu FDD party. |
"My decision was motivated by numerous political problems which Burundian people are undergoing - problems of security, of not respecting the law, the management of state finances and of human rights laws which are violated," she said. | "My decision was motivated by numerous political problems which Burundian people are undergoing - problems of security, of not respecting the law, the management of state finances and of human rights laws which are violated," she said. |
"The country was on a good path to overcome all these problems, but corruption and economic embezzlement are undermining it," she said. | "The country was on a good path to overcome all these problems, but corruption and economic embezzlement are undermining it," she said. |
Interference | |
Mrs Nzomukunda also told a press conference that she had taken the hard decision to quit the government after a year of humiliating interference in her work by party chairman Radjab Hussein. | |
She said she had complained to both the president and to the party's chairman himself, to no avail. | |
Since independence in 1961, Burundi has been plagued by tension between the dominant Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority. | Since independence in 1961, Burundi has been plagued by tension between the dominant Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority. |
Most Hutu rebel groups, such as the FDD, have joined the peace process but the FNL still refuses to lay down its arms. | Most Hutu rebel groups, such as the FDD, have joined the peace process but the FNL still refuses to lay down its arms. |
More than 300,000 people have died in the war sparked in 1993 by the assassination of Burundi's first Hutu head of state and democratically-elected president, Melchior Ndadaye. | More than 300,000 people have died in the war sparked in 1993 by the assassination of Burundi's first Hutu head of state and democratically-elected president, Melchior Ndadaye. |
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