Burundi descending into anarchy

Q: Bodies keep turning up on Burundi's roadsides and streams, and it appears no one is safe from a growing state of anarchy. Where is Burundi, a small central African nation on the shore of Lake Tanganyika?

Circle the area on this map


Q: Although the current violence is political, Burundi has a history of deadly fighting between the country’s Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups. A rebel group reportedly is being formed on Burundi's northern border with which nation that suffered a genocidal Hutu-Tutsi conflict?

A. Kenya

B. Rwanda

C. Somalia

D. Uganda

Q: There have been mass arrests of opponents of President Pierre Nkurunziza, who recently was elected to a controversial third term in office. Burundi, Rwanda and DR Congo all gained independence in the 1960s from which European nation?

A. Belgium

B. Britain

C. France

D. Germany

Q: The current political upheaval has added to the misery of the world's fifth poorest nation. Which of Burundi's neighbors is even poorer?

A. Tanzania

B. Rwanda

C. DR Congo

Q: Burundi is one of Africa's smallest nations with an area of 10,745 square miles. That is slightly larger than which U.S. state?

A. Arkansas

B. Connecticut

C. Delaware

D. Massachusetts


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