Ethnic Quotas and Foreign NGOs in Burundi: Shrinking Civic Space Framed as Affirmative Action

Since January 2017, foreign non-governmental organisations (ONGEs) active in Burundi are required to respect ethnic quotas (60 per cent Hutu, 40 per cent Tutsi) when employing local staff. The ethnic quota requirement was adopted amidst fears of re-ethnicisation of politics and society, enhanced con...

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Main Author: Stef Vandeginste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-12-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0002039719881460