41.   The Tutsi-led Burundian army on Thursday installed former president Pierre Buyoya as head of state, ousting Hutu president Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, the Defence Ministry said.

42.   The Tutsi-dominated Burundian army accused Hutu rebels of being behind the killings but the latter denied the charge saying that soldiers or Tutsi militias were responsible.

43.   Unlike in Rwanda where the Hutu majority held power until earlier this year, the Tutsi-dominated Burundian army has long been in charge in Bujumbura.

44.   Witnesses said Burundian army units and Tutsi extremists sparked the exodus.

45.   Kigali has denied this allegation and the Burundian army did likewise on Friday.

46.   Meanwhile the Burundian army had doubled its numbers, Nibizi said.

47.   On Sunday, the Tanzanian government accused the Burundian army of crossing the border in pursuit of refugees, and of killing Tanzanians in Burundi.

48.   Officers of the Tutsi-dominated Burundian army started classes Monday on the respect of human rights as terrified Hutus described army atrocities.

49.   No soldiers were killed in the conflict, Lietuenant-Colonel Longin Minani, spokesman for the Burundian army, told AFP.

50.   Several of its members on Wednesday were in Buhoro in the central province of Gitega, the Burundian army spokesman confirmed.