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Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JOHANNESBURG -- The Great Lakes region of central Africa threatens to become the scene of a humanitarian catastrophe as concerns grow that a long-dreaded regional Hutu-Tutsi conflict may finally happen. The latest power…

A World Food Programme team in Burundi today handed out a one-week food package to 2,500 former Burundian refugees from Uvira, mostly women and children, who have just arrived in Gatumba town, 19 kms west of Bujumbura. WFP expects…

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) A delegation of the Organisation of Africa Unity (OAU), left Addis Ababa on Wednesday for Rwanda and Zaire, in an effort halt the fighting in eastern Zaire. The delegation, headed by…

UN sets UNITA 20 November ultimatum In a significant new indication of growing impatience with UNITA's prevarication, the United Nations Security Council has given UNITA the deadline of 20 November to complete specific military tasks or face the prospect of…

UPDATE TWO Background Since Sudan's independence from colonial rule in 1956, the country has been beset by major problems: an impoverished economy, foreign debt, recurrent and prolonged periods of drought, and civil war. Anglo-Egyptian rule at the turn of the century brought…

Relief assistance continues in Pochalla...Displaced kits, donated by World Vision International, have been distributed to flood- affected families in the Pochalla area since flight clearance to the area was received in October. On 26 October, a UNICEF project officer reported:…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA)-The Sudanese government has ruled out peace talks with the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), which is fighting in southern Sudan against the Khartoum government. Foreign Minister Ali Asman Mohammed Taha said in an interview carried by…

From Moses Draku; PANA Correspondent KAMPALA, Uganda (PANA) - Hundreds of Zairean refugees have entered Uganda, fleeing the war raging in eastern Zaire. The refugees have been entering Uganda through Ishasha border post but most of them have re-entered Zaire through another…

DATE=10/29/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205261 TITLE=ANGOLA / UNITA (L ONLY) BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=JOHANNESBURG CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A TOP OFFICIAL OF ANGOLA'S FORMER REBEL MOVEMENT "UNITA" SAY THAT WITH HELP FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND COOPERATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN LUANDA, UNITA CAN MEET ITS DEMILITARIZATION COMMITMENTS BY…

By Stephen Buckley Fighting in eastern Zaire between armed Tutsis and the Zairian military, as well as recent attacks on refugee camps, appear to have been orchestrated by a Rwandan government weary of a two-year-long crisis at its borders, according…