Burundi/Rwanda: Pygmies flee after Burundi poll

Some 600 pygmies, or Batwa, have fled Burundi for neighbouring Rwanda to escape persecution and hunger, officials say. Batwa MP Liberata Nichayenzi said the majority had fled because of intimidation by ethnic Hutus. Correspondents say the pygmies are often accused by Hutus of being allied to ethnic Tutsis. They have mostly fled the drought-hit north-eastern Kirundo province.