Informes

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the Special Envoy, Kigali Main Developments Three International Committee of the Red Cross delegates were killed in an ambush as they worked to bring water to the affected populations in Burundi's Cibitoke province on…

BACKGROUND PAPER ON BURUNDI I Political/diplomatic initiatives 1. The second round of the Mwanza Talks, chaired by former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, were held last week. 2. The meeting proved inconclusive due to the refusal of Government negotiators to meet with a…

Sudan In Sudan poor rains delayed crop planting in parts of Jonglei, Upper Nile, and Bahr el Ghazal Provinces until June. Crops have now been sown, but it is still too early to tell if delayed planting will result in…

PRESS COMMUNIQUE OF THE ARUSHA REGIONAL SUMMIT ON BURUNDI 1. At the invitation of President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania, Presidents Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Pasteur Bizimungu of Rwanda, and Sylvestre Ntibantunganya of…

PRESS COMMUNIQUE OF THE ARUSHA REGIONALSUMMIT ON BURUNDI 1. At the invitation of President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania, Presidents Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Pasteur Bizimungu of Rwanda, and Sylvestre Ntibantunganya of Burundi…

ITARAMA, Rwanda -- Peter Bisetsa believes he can prove his innocence, if he can just get out of jail long enough to see a judge. Bisetsa, 47, a college instructor, has been in the packed, disease-ridden prison here since February…

"We're not excluding any type of assistance which can help us stop the killings." -- Burundian Prime Minister Antoine Nduwayo BUJUMBURA, Burundi (CNN) -- Concerned about what seems to be a frantic arms race among Burundi's ethnic factions, the country's rival leaders…

From Ferdinand Bigumandondera; PANA Corresponden BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's 277,540 ethnic war displaced persons consume 218 tonnes of firewood per day, according to a report issued here. The report, based on a survey conducted in five provinces -- Muyinga, Kirundo, Ngozi…

The Houston Chronicle, "Angola Hoping Its Crude Peace Holds," 6/20/96 "Angola's capitalist revolution is being fueled by crude oil and the hope of peace. Luanda is proof that peace - and $3.5 billion a year in crude oil exports can pay dividends.…

General: NGOs recommenced activities this week after a seven-day mourning for the three ICRC delegates killed in Cibitoke on 4 June. Still, a number of NGOs have minimised activities and/or put certain programmes on stand-by as they continue to assess…