Burundians have voted to choose national lawmakers for the first time since war erupted in 1993 in the second of a complex series of elections expected to be won by the country's main Hutu ex-rebel group.
Burundi President Domitien Ndayizeye and the leader of the main Hutu rebel movement Pierre Nkurunziza have signed a peace deal aimed at bringing the country's 10-year civil war to an end.
A top Hutu rebel who fought the Rwandan government for years from Congo jungle bases has surrendered and flown home.