In Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, 22-year-old student Gloria Kaneza said she does not like to think of people along ethnic lines. She is a Tutsi and is going to marry a Hutu. "So me, I cannot judge someone because he is Tutsi or Hutu because there are Tutsi who are not so good. There are Hutu who are not so good. You can judge someone by his actions, his heart, what he are doing. Me, I do not like the expression that I am Tutsi or I am Hutu because it makes barriers." She also said discrimination between the two ethnic groups still exists, but with peace now, she said her country will be "very beautiful" in the future.
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Jacques Mafarakura, a 55-year-old museum curator in Gitega, agrees, saying life has never been better in Burundi. Mafarakura says if you look at the way people live, they produce more wealth than they have in the past. They have more, he said. Although it is not obvious, he claims things have improved. When you are walking in the street, you can see that things are slightly better, he added.
Things could get even better now that Burundi and four other nearby countries started the East African Common Market in July. It allows people, goods, and services to travel across borders with less taxes and less red tape.
For Elias Dina, that is good news. The 29-year-old sells phones and phone covers in Burundi. Dina said the Burundian economy is not as bad as before because the country has its own products, like rice, that are good at the moment. He added that now that East Africa has come into play, Burundians will have good things and cheap stuff, too.
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