Since January 2017, foreign non-governmental organisations (ONGEs) active in Burundi are required to respect ethnic quotas (60 per cent Hutu, 40 per cent Tutsi) when employing local staff. The ethnic quota requirement was adopted amidst fears of re-ethnicisation of politics and society, enhanced control on civil society and tense relations between the Burundi government and its aid partners. While authorities justify the measure as a remedy for decades of discrimination along ethnic lines, an analysis of the legal reform shows that a variety of other motivations and dominant party interests account for its adoption and enforcement. While the reform mirrors a wider international trend of shrinking civic space, the Burundi case study also shows how a clever discursive strategy may skillfully divide ONGEs and their funding agencies. Furthermore, the case study reveals the instrumental use of obscurity and ambiguity in terms of the legal wording and enforcement of the ethnic quota requirement.

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布隆迪的民族配额和外国非政府组织：缩小公民空间被视为平权行动

自 2017 年 1 月起，活跃在布隆迪的外国非政府组织 (ONGE) 在雇用当地员工时必须遵守民族配额（胡图族 60%，图西族 40%）。由于担心政治和社会重新种族化，加强对民间社会的控制以及布隆迪政府与其援助伙伴之间的紧张关系，通过了种族配额要求。虽然当局证明该措施是对数十年来种族歧视的补救措施，但对法律改革的分析表明，各种其他动机和主要政党利益是其采用和执行的原因。虽然改革反映了公民空间缩小的更广泛的国际趋势，但布隆迪的案例研究也显示了巧妙的话语策略如何巧妙地划分 ONGE 及其资助机构。此外，