Two years after the election of President Evariste Ndayishimiye, Burundi is slowly opening up. But human rights violations continue to plague the small African country in the Great Lakes region. Julien Nimubona, professor of political science at the University of Burundi, looks back at what he describes as "a terrible setback" for democracy in Burundi, where "we are living in a state of de facto one-party rule". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES