the Great Lakes region of Africa: a day of trans-border sports competitions to promote peace and unite young people from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) around the values of friendship and fraternity offered by sport. References External links "Burundi's First Olympics End With a Gold Medal", New York Times, August 4, 1996 1973 births Living people People from Makamba Province Tutsi people Burundian male middle-distance runners Burundian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Burundi Olympic gold medalists for Burundi World Athletics Championships athletes for Burundi Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Burundian people 21st-century Burundian people