... Burundi government. International efforts, especially those of the United States government, to get the OAU to mediate an end to the slaughter of Bahutus in Burundi was a failure. During the critical months of June and July, when most of the killings took place, OAU leaders assured the outside world that Africans would stop the genocide in Burundi, if indeed it were ... , 1973. He demanded that the OAU "concern itself actively" in the civil strife in Burundi. The OAU, Nyerere insisted, must mediate in Burundi to prevent another bloodbath. President Nyerere's strong stance might have prev...

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