A report on Burundi

Flag of the Kingdom of Burundi (1962–1966).

Independence Square and monument in Bujumbura.

Belligerents of the Second Congo War. Burundi backed the rebels.

View of the capital city Bujumbura in 2006.

Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi in 2005–2020.

Hippos at Kibira National Park in the Northwest of Burundi

A proportional representation of Burundi exports, 2019

Historical development of GDP per capita

Graphical depiction of Burundi's product exports in 28 colour-coded categories in 2009.

Bujumbura International Airport terminal in Bujumbura

Bicycles are a popular means of transport in Burundi

Landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge.

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Pierre Ngendandumwe

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Ngendandumwe meeting with European Commission members, July 1963

Pierre Ngendandumwe (1930 – 15 January 1965) was a Burundian politician.

1987 Burundian coup d'état

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The 1987 Burundian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that took place in Burundi on 3 September 1987.

The German East Africa Company (Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft, abbreviated DOAG) was a chartered colonial organization which brought about the establishment of German East Africa, a territory which eventually comprised the areas of modern Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda.

Lake Victoria

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One of the African Great Lakes.

Victoria Nyanza. The black line indicates Stanley's route.

Unlike many other Lake Victoria cichlids, Haplochromis nyererei remains common. Compared to several other cichlids, its eyes are particularly sensitive to light, especially red, which is less affected by the decrease in water clarity caused by eutrophication than short wavelength colors

Haplochromis thereuterion survives in low numbers. Initially feared extinct, when rediscovered it had changed habitat (from near surface to rocky outcrops) and feeding behavior (from surface insects to insect larvae)

Fishers and their boats on the shore of Lake Victoria

The Nile perch was introduced to Lake Victoria for fishing, and can reach up to 2 m and 200 kg.

A hyacinth-choked lakeshore at Ndere Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya.

The lake as it is visible from the shores of the Speke Resort in Kampala, Uganda

The Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station in Njeru, Uganda.

However, the most distal source of the Nile Basin, and therefore the ultimate source of the Nile, is more often considered to be one of the tributary rivers of the Kagera River (the exact tributary remains undetermined), and which originates in either Rwanda or Burundi.

Albertine Rift

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Map of the region showing the Albertine Rift to the west

Mount Stanley in the Rwenzori range. With an elevation of 5,109 m (16,763 ft), it is the tallest mountain in the Albertine Rift and the third tallest in Africa.

The Albertine Rift is the western branch of the East African Rift, covering parts of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.

German Empire

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The period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

Chancellor Bismarck, the statesman who unified Germany with skillful political moves

Die Proklamation des Deutschen Kaiserreiches by Anton von Werner (1877), depicting the proclamation of Emperor William I (18 January 1871, Palace of Versailles). From left, on the podium (in black): Crown Prince Frederick (later Frederick III), his father the emperor, and Frederick I of Baden, proposing a toast to the new emperor. At centre (in white): Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian Chief of Staff.

A postage stamp from the Caroline Islands

German colonies and protectorates in 1914

Tensions between Germany and the Catholic Church hierarchy as depicted in a chess game between Bismarck and Pope Pius IX. Between Berlin and Rome, Kladderadatsch, 1875

Prussian deportations of ethnic Poles (Polenausweisungen), 1909 painting by Wojciech Kossak

Crime; convicts in relation to the population, 1882–1886

Frederick III, emperor for only 99 days (9 March – 15 June 1888)

The Reichstag in the 1890s / early 1900s

Hoisting of the German flag at Mioko, German New Guinea in 1884

Map of the world showing the participants in World War I. Those fighting on the Entente's side (at one point or another) are depicted in green, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in grey.

The Eastern Front at the time of the cease-fire and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Coats of arms and flags of the constituent states in 1900

Percentage of linguistic minorities of the German Empire in 1900 by Kreis

Emperor Wilhelm II, who was the Supreme Governor of the Evangelical Church of Prussia's older Provinces, and Empress Augusta Victoria after the inauguration of the Evangelical Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem (Reformation Day, 31 October 1898)

War flag of the German Empire. In 1956, the Iron Cross was re-introduced as the symbol of the Bundeswehr, the modern German armed forces.

German territories lost in both World Wars are shown in black, while present-day Germany is marked dark grey on this 1914 map.

Different legal systems in Germany prior to 1900

Election constituencies for the Reichstag

Detailed map in 1893 with cities and larger towns

Distribution of Protestants and Catholics in Imperial Germany

Distribution of Protestants, Catholics and Jews in Imperial Germany (Meyers Konversationslexikon)

Distribution of Jews in Imperial Germany

Greater Imperial coat of arms of Germany

The German Empire during World War I, shortly before its collapse:
Home Territory (1871–1919)
Client states (1917–1919)
Occupied territory (1914–1919)

With the encouragement or at least the acquiescence of Britain, which at this stage saw Germany as a counterweight to her old rival France, Germany acquired German Southwest Africa (modern Namibia), German Kamerun (modern Cameroon), Togoland (modern Togo) and German East Africa (modern Rwanda, Burundi, and the mainland part of current Tanzania).