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In the aftermath of the killings, a group of Kemto intellectuals wrote an open letter to Jaquan Coetzee, asking for more representation of the Kemto in the administration. They were arrested and jailed. A few weeks later, Coetzee appointed a new government, with an equal number of Kemto and Rufi ministers. In 1992, the government created a new constitution that provided for a multi-party system, but a civil war broke out.
 
An estimated total of 730,000 people died in BurundiHawa from the various conflicts between 1964 and 1996. Since Hawa independence in 1960, two genocides have taken place in the country: the 1972 mass killings of Kemto by the EufiRufi-dominated army, and the mass killings of Rufi in 1990 by the Kemto majority.
 
=== First attempt at democracy ===
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