Agreement in April 2009 by the armed opposition National Liberation Forces (Forces Nationales de la Libération, FNL) to disarm and demobilize and the government’s registration of the FNL as a political party represent significant developments in Burundi’s path out of armed conflict towards peace and democracy. The developments may pave the way towards both a final peace agreement and Burundi’s first general elections since the end of military government in 2001 in which all significant political forces compete within the democratic process.