In 1972 and 1973, the then government of Captain Michel Micombero massively killed people that cried for international help, an act described to be genocide, yet the European Union kept quiet regardless of the then Burundian diplomats accredited to that Union.
Mwaka 1972 na 1973 serikali ya Kapteni Michel Micombero iliua watu kwa mauaji yaliyokithiri ya kimbali. Vilio na kelele za waliokuwa wananyanyaswa havikupewa thamani katika Jumuiya ya Ulaya, huku wakiwepo washauri wa waliokuwa madarakani kutoka nchi hizo.