Amnesty International said that between November 2...

Amnesty International said that between November 2 and 4, government troops in Burundi massacred at least 93 civilians in Bujumbura Rural province, apparently in response to a rebel attack on an army vehicle the day before.
"Some of the civilians were shot as they worked in the fields, while others, who took refuge in their homes when they heard the gunshots, were bayoneted to death," Amnesty said.
Government forces also executed at least 31 unarmed civilians on October 25, Amnesty said.
The conflict between Hutu rebels and the Tutsi-dominated army has killed more than 200,000 people, mostly civilians, and ignited a humanitarian crisis largely ignored in the West.
Burundi's brutal ethnic war between majority Hutus and minority Tutsis began in 1993 when Tutsi extremists murdered the country's first democratically elected president Hutu Melchior Ndadaye.
Fighting has escalated in the past two weeks, since the installation of a new government aimed at sharing power between the two ethnic groups, the first stage in a three year peace plan intended to stabilise the war torn country.
But the two main Hutu rebel groups say they were not involved in peace talks that led to the creation of the new cabinet, and have refused to recognise its authority.