Enchanting and menacing: The paradox that is life in Bujumbura
Soldiers patrol outside the Finance Ministry in Bujumbura, Burundi, on May 13, 2015. During a recent trip to Bujumbura, two pick-up trucks with about a dozen security operatives brandishing their weapons, hastily exited the road, momentarily blocking our vehicle from joining the highway. The officers jumped out of their vehicles, had a brief and rushed conversation among themselves, jumped back onto the vehicles and sped off. PHOTO | AFP
For the uninitiated, Burundi can be as enchanting as it can be menacing. This I quickly learnt a few weeks ago when I made my maiden trip to the country for a week-long work engagement.
The flight into Bujumbura from Kigali was uneventful.
