Alas, for the victims of the violence and for the stability of Africa, a certain political correctness seems to have descended at least on parts of the continent.

While everyone has tried to downplay or avoid the ethnic dimension, things have continued to get worse.

International NGOs have been reticent to raise the possibility of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. Why?

After weeks and weeks of being told that the violence in Burundi wasn’t tribal, we’re now hearing a different story.