Informes

Sudan During June, rain in southern Sudan was generally well distributed. In the main agricultural areas of Western Equatoria Province and most parts of Eastern Equatoria Province, where farmers are able to plant two crops during the long rainy season,…

Press Release SC/6246 Presidential Statement Condemns Massacre of Civilians, Urges All Parties to Cooperate to End Cycle of Violence Expressing its grave concern at recent information on political developments in Burundi, the Security Council this afternoon strongly condemned any attempt to…

Washington DC - The following is the announcement of a newly published book entitled "Angola: Promises And Lies" by Karl Maier, who has reported from Angola and Nigeria for Africa News Service and other news organizations: In 1992 Africa's longest…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi will expel 85,000 Rwandan Hutus and empty all refugee camps in the north by next week, a Rwandan minister said Tuesday. Rehabilitation Minister Patrick Mazimhaka said by phone from the Rwandan capital: ''We are not…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - An Organization of African Unity (OAU) mission leaves for Burundi over the weekend for an on-the-spot assessment of that country's deteriorating political situation, following the massacre of 312 people…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0210 1. GENERAL THOUSANDS OF YOUTHS DEMONSTRATED IN THE STREETS OF BUJUMBURA OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK, PROTESTING THE POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF THE OAU-BACKED TROOPS IN BURUNDI THAT WERE PROPOSED TO BE DEPLOYED AS PART OF THE…

OLS RESUMES C-130 HERCULES FLIGHTS TO SOUTHERN SUDAN... Operation Lifeline Sudan resumed C-130 Hercules flights to southern Sudan yesterday for the first time since last September. In two rotations, the World Food Programme (WFP) airdropped 32 metric tonnes of food…

By STEFAN LOVGREN Associated Press Writer BUGENDANA, Burundi (AP) - Burundi observed an official day of mourning today after Hutu rebels slaughtered an estimated 320 people, mostly women and children, at a camp for Tutsis displaced in the three-year civil war. With…

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Tuesday demanded that Burundi immediately halt the forced return of thousands of Rwandan refugees, describing it as a flagrant violation of basic human rights and international refugee instruments. In a letter to Burundi…

Geneva, 23 July 1996 Thousands of Rwandan refugees in northern Burundi are being forced to return to their homeland after two of four camps managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies were closed by the…