Starvation as a Genocidal Weapon: Burundi’s Blockade Against Banyamulenge Civilians in Minembwe
In November 2025, the Burundian Armed Forces (FDNB) publicly announced a blockade preventing food, medicine, and humanitarian aid from reaching Banyamulenge civilians in Minembwe, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Brigadier General Gaspard Baratuza’s statement was not a slip — it was a deliberate, openly declared policy of starvation targeting an ethnic minority already decimated by decades of armed violence.
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