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On 25 April 2015, the ruling political party in Burundi, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), announced that the incumbent President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, would run for a third term in the 2015 presidential election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Burundi: Crackdown on Protesters – Human Rights Watch )〕 The announcement sparked protests by those opposed to Nkurunziza seeking a third term in office. Widespread demonstrations in the capital, Bujumbura, lasted for over three weeks. During that time the country's highest court approved Nkurunziza's right to run for a third term in office〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Urgent – La cour constitutionnelle se prononce pour une nouvelle candidature de Pierre Nkurunziza )〕 despite the fact that at least one of the court's judges fled the country claiming he had received death threats from members of the government.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senior Burundi judge flees rather than approve president's candidacy )〕 As a result of the protests the government also shut down the country's internet and telephone network, closed all of the country's universities and government officials publicly referred to the protesters as "terrorists".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Burundi calls opposition protesters 'terrorists' )〕 Since late April tens of thousands of people have fled the country, hundreds of people have been arrested and several protesters and police have been killed while dozens more have been injured. On 13 May, a coup was announced, led by Major General Godefroid Niyombare, while President Nkurunziza was in Tanzania attending an emergency conference about the situation in the country.〔Associated Press, 13 May 2015, Army General in Burundi Says President Is Ousted, http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/05/13/world/africa/ap-af-burundi-political-tensions.html?_r=0〕 By the next day the coup collapsed and government forces reasserted control. ==Background== The Burundian Civil War lasted from 1993 to 2005, and an estimated 300,000 people were killed. The conflict ended with a peace process that brought in the 2005 constitution providing guaranteed representation for both Hutu and Tutsi, and parliamentary elections that led to Pierre Nkurunziza, from the Hutu FDD, becoming President. Since 2005, poverty has remained a major problem and according to the World Bank, over 60% of Burundians do not have enough food, the country's government does not have enough money to fund needed programs and the economy is reliant on coffee exports whose price has fluctuated radically in recent years and made long term financial planning nearly impossible.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Page Not Found )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 Burundian unrest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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