Informes

Introduction From 6 April to mid-July 1994, between 500,000 and 1 million persons were slaughtered in Rwanda. The main victims of this extensive carnage were members of the Tutsi minority and moderate Hutus. The massive human rights violations were perpetrated…

(Excerpt) Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Ethiopia D) Somalia E) Democratic People's Republic of Korea F) Albania From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet…

(Excerpt) Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Ethiopia D) Somalia E) Democratic People's Republic of Korea F) Albania From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet…

CERD International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination Distr. GENERAL CERD/C/295/Add.1 ENGLISH Original: FRENCH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION Tenth periodic reports of States parties due in 1996 Addendum Burundi* - This…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0131 1. SITUATION Floods caused by heavy rains in Kilwa District (Tanzania) have killed 46 people with several others reported missing. More than 2,104 people have been rendered homeless in nine affected villages at Kivinje and Njia. 2.…

97040401.AAF (Tutsis singled out for assassination by ex-FAR) (350) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA Staff Writer GENEVA -- The U.N. Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda (HRFOR) says it is seriously concerned about the growing number of killings and other attacks against people of Tutsi…

SUDAN-HUMAN RIGHTS: By Nhial Bol KHARTOUM, Apr 3 (IPS) -- Until recently, Aroghu Radolfa was a lieutenant in Sudan's main rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), but she was unable to move further. The reason, she…

An outbreak of cholera in the southern Somali town of Wanlaweyn resulted in more than 430 deaths between 15 February and 17 March, according to ICRC medical staff. To date, almost 2,000 cases of the disease have been reported…

A weekly report on major developments concerning relief operations in southern Sudan. JOINT EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT IN YEI AREA... A joint assessment team (comprised of UNICEF, Action Contre la Faim (ACF), International Aid Sweden (IAS) and non-OLS agencies (is visiting Yei, Eastern…

VOLL TELEPRESS CONFERENCE: (Says U.S. would help if Sudanese government seeks democracy) (830) By Joanne L. Nix USIA Staff Writer Washington -- A U.S. authority on Sudan envisioned "real prospects for long-term, ... constructive cooperation" between the United States and Sudan.…