FIGHTING FOR PEACE General Evariste Ndayishimiye is among the precursors of the fight for peace and democracy of the FDD movement (Forces de Défense de la Démocratie), a popular movement born after the decapitation of democracy with the assassination of the first democratically elected President in Burundi and all political leadership. He served as a mobilizer of the Movement in the provinces of Ngozi, Karusi, Gitega, Mwaro, Muyinga and Ruyigi in 1994, and that after the massacres of students at the University of Burundi (1995). The aforementioned massacres led to the massive enlistment of new officers in the ranks of the FDD. Ndayishimiye was at that time Captain and instructor of the FDD Combatants, he led the movement in the Ngozi, Karusi, Gitega, Ruyigi and Muyinga provinces.