BURUNDI BUJUMBURA INDEPENDENCE: The Kings Drummers proclaim independence to the cheers of spectators in the Prince Rwagasore Stadium in Usumbura, the capital of the newly-independent Kingdom of Burundi, on July 1, 1962. Burundi was formerly Urundi and is one of two new states formed from the Central African Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi, which had been administered by Belgium under United Nations mandate. The other state is Rwanda (formerly Ruanda). Image: Dennis Lee Royle/Associated Press
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:06:11 +0000
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