Informes

168 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS RETURN HOME...More than 160 unaccompanied children living in a camp in New Cush were reunited with their families last week in the first reunification from areas controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). The boys,…

Bujumbura remained calm following the assassination of the archbishop and President Buyoya's moves to restore political institutions. However, fighting continued in the hills outside the city and in northern Burundi. Diminished fuel stocks and limited supplies of other essential resources…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Surging waters swept through shantytowns near the Sudanese capital, killing dozens of people and leaving thousands homeless, Sudanese television reported Monday. The floods were the latest to devastate the poor region around Khartoum, where the White Nile…

IRIN Note: Not an official record. At a press conference this morning, Nsanze Terence, Permanent Representative of Burundi, appealed for the lifting of economic sanctions against his country. He said Burundi's National Assembly was reinstated last week and political parties…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Efforts by the country's coup-installed leader to get crippling sanctions lifted have failed, dashing hopes for a quick end to an economic stranglehold on the tiny African country. Maj. Pierre Buyoya said last…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 26 in a series of weekly reports from IRIN on general developments in the Great Lakes region. Sources for the information…

CONTENTS 1. Chronology 2. Missionaries imprisoned at Mapourdit 3. 168 Dinka children return home 1. Chronology August 16: The UN Security Council threatens to cut air links to Sudan to punish the Islam-inspired government for failing to hand over…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Soldiers killed seven Hutu rebels near the site where Burundi's Roman Catholic archbishop was ambushed and feared slain, a military spokesman said today. The two sides also fought in the hills overlooking the…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Soldiers killed seven Hutu rebels they believe took part in an ambush on Burundi's Roman Catholic archbishop, a military spokesman said Saturday. Lt. Col. Isaie Nibizi said he had no proof that the…

REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI CABINET DU PRESIDENT DECRET NO. 100/023 DU 13 SEPTEMBRE 1996 PORTANT RESTAURATION DE L'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE, DES PARTIS POLITIQUES ET DES ASSOCIATIONS A VOCATION POLITIQUE LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE, Vu la Declaration du 25 juillet 1996 portant creation d'un regime politique de…