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| | Factfile on Burundi |
 | | Ten years into an ethnic civil war, Burundi is set for a political turning point on Wednesday when Tutsi President Pierre Buyoya hands over power to his Hutu deputy, Domitien Ndayizeye, as part of a power-sharing deal signed in 2000. |
 | | Inter-ethnic massacres have occurred periodically throughout Burundi's post-colonial history, notably in 1972 when around 200,000 Hutus were killed, and again in 1988 for which estimates of the number of victims vary from 5,000 to 50,000. |
 | | Burundi is the world's third poorest country, according to the World Bank. |
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