Informes

CF/DOC/PR 1996-22 Contrary to media reports today (22 August), UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, has no plans to suspend its operations in Burundi. UNICEF has eight international and 74 national staff members in Burundi and UNICEF programmes are continuing inhealth,…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Daily Summary of Main Events in Burundi 21 August 1996 Sources for the information below include UN agencies, NGOs, other international organisations and media…

BUTARE, Rwanda (Reuter) - The U.N. refugee agency said it expects up to 5,000 Rwandan refugees to stream into Rwanda from Burundi Wednesday as part of the biggest move back since they fled after 1994's genocide. Paul Stromberg, spokesman for…

From Segun Adeyemi; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, United Nations (PANA) United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has warned the international community to be prepared for the possibility of a genocide in Burundi. In his latest report to the UN Security Council released Wednesday,…

By IAN MADER UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- World leaders must quickly impose sanctions to force Burundi's military leaders to step down, a Hutu-dominated Burundi political party urged Security Council members on Wednesday. The sanctions would tighten trade and travel restrictions laid…

Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Foreign Affairs And Cooperation P.O. Box 179 Kigali Office of the Minister The Government of Rwanda informs once again the International Community that in conformity to conclusions made by the Heads of State of the Great…

DATE=8/21/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201974 TITLE=ETHIOPIA FLOODS (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ETHIOPIA SAYS MORE THAN 150-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE THREATENED BY FLOODING IN THE CENTRAL OROMO DISTRICT. V-O-A EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY DESTROYED CROPS. TEXT: ETHIOPIA'S GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED TEMPORARY…

OLS CONTINUES ASSISTANCE TO THE FLOOD-STRICKEN POCHALLA AREA...OLS agencies have continued work this week in bringing relief to an estimated 15,000-18,000 people affected by flooding in the Pochalla area. On 13-14 August, WFP delivered some 83 metric tonnes of food…

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- Another 4,500 Hutu refugees returned home to Rwanda on Tuesday, following 8,000 who left camps in neighboring Burundi after weekend violence left three refugees dead. Paul Stromberg, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0286 APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE 1. GOVT OF SUDAN HAS ISSUED APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, FOLLOWING FLOODS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SUDAN. SITUATION 2. GOVT APPEAL INDICATES THAT MOST AFFECTED REGIONS ARE WHITE NILE STATE IN CENTRAL SUDAN AND POCHALLA…