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The earliest settlers were the pygmy Twa, then later the Bantu, Hutus, and
the Watusi (Tutsi). During the late 1800s, Germans settled there. The
Germans lost control of the area to Belgium in 1916. Belgium later gave the
region and Ruanda-Urundi to the Trusteeship of the UN. Independence finally
came to Burundi in 1962. The monarchy was abolished and in 1972-73 there
was a tragic Hutu rebellion which left 10,000 Watusi dead and 150,000 Hutu
dead. Many Hutu fled to Zaire and Tanzania. Burundi is one of the poorest
and densely populated countries of Africa despite its country's vow to bring
about ethnic reconciliation between the Watusi and the Hutu.
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