Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Burundi ta sami 'yancin kai a 1962 kuma da farko tana da masarauta, amma jerin kisan kai, juyin mulki da kuma yanayin rashin zaman lafiya na yanki
ya kai ga kafa jamhuriya da jihar jam'iyya daya a shekarar 1966. Yaƙe-yaƙe na tsabtataccen kabilanci da kuma ƙarshe yaƙe-yaƙe biyu da kisan kare dangi a cikin shekarun 1970 da kuma sake a cikin shekarun 1990 sun haifar da mutuwar dubban dubban mutane kuma sun bar tattalin arzikin da ba a ci gaba ba kuma yawan jama'a a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi talauci a duniya.