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BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) -- Hutu rebels launched a major attack on an army garrison and local government headquarters in northwestern Burundi on Tuesday, killing many people including the local administrator, according to an army spokesman. He said the Tutsi-dominated army…

DATE=9/3/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202588 TITLE=RWANDA KILLINGS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=KIGALI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVERS IN RWANDA SAY THE ARMY KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN A MILITARY OPERATION LAST MONTH. AS VOA'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, THE ARMY SAYS REBELS BASED IN ZAIRE…

SIX MISSIONARIES RELEASED FROM DETENTION...Six Diocese of Rumbek missionaries were released on 28 August after being detained for 11 days in Mapourdit, some 35km southeast of Akot. The six (three Australian nuns, one Sudanese priest, one US priest, and…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Hutu rebels shelled the capital Tuesday and fought by the hundreds with troops in the north, intensifying their war against Burundi's coup-installed military government. Three mortar shells hit western Bujumbura, with one striking the…

By SARAH MARTONE KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- The United Nations asked Rwanda today to investigate a report that the army killed at least 111 civilians in a three-day operation last month. The United Nations said another 52 people were missing…

DATE=9/3/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202570 TITLE=U-N / RWANDA / ZAIRE (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AID AGENCIES HAVE SUSPENDED SOME SERVICES AT THE VAST RWANDAN REFUGEE CAMPS AROUND THE ZAIREAN TOWN OF GOMA. THE MOVE WAS PROMPTED BY THE DISRUPTION OF A PLANNED CENSUS…

The transitional regime: In speeches and declarations the transitional President, Pierre Buyoya, has reiterated his intentions as follows: strengthening of discipline in the army; trials of those involved in the murder of former President Ndadaye and those implicated in the subsequent…

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuter) - The U.N. refugee agency suspended a census of Rwandan refugees estimated to be more than 700,000 in the eastern Zairean town of Goma on Sunday when the majority of refugees refused to cooperate, aid workers…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0299 1. FURTHER TO GOVT'S APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE, UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN KHARTOUM ADVISES THAT 18,500 PERSONS REQUIRE URGENT ASSISTANCE IN POCHALLA IN SOUTHERN SUDAN, WHILE THERE IS INCREASING CONCERN OVER POSSIBLE FLOODING IN KHARTOUM. SITUATION JONGLEI STATE -…

DATE=9/2/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202531 TITLE=BURUNDI/FLIGHT (L-ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=BUJUMBURA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN BURUNDI ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS THAT THREATENS TO PARALYZE THEIR TINY COUNTRY. REPORTER CHRIS TOMLINSON IN BUJUMBURA REPORTS THAT THREE SENIOR OFFICIALS LEFT…