Informes

LUANDA, June 17 (Reuter) - The United Nations on Monday praised Angola's UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi for disarming more than 49,000 soldiers by the weekend. U.N. chief to Angola, Alioune Blondin Beye, held talks with Savimbi at Andulo in the…

By Christian Jennings BUJUMBURA, June 17 (Reuter) - The Burundian army strongly denied on Monday charges of involvement in a massacre of 71civilians near central Gitega province last week. "This information -- these reports, they are simply and categorically false," Colonel…

General: The entire ICRC delegation pulled out of Burundi on 11 June after receiving multiple threats by telephone during the weekend of 8-9 June. The ICRC had suspended all activities in the country the week previous following the murder of…

KIGALI, June 16 (Reuter) - A total of 34 local government officials were killed in Rwanda in the first five months of this year, the U.N. human rights office in Rwanda says. In a statement, it said it was…

General: The entire ICRC delegation pulled out of Burundi on 11 June after receiving multiple threats by telephone during the weekend of 8-9 June. The ICRC had suspended all activities in the country the week previous following the murder of…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S 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 13 in a series of weekly reports from…

D. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA 1. Burundi a) Following the death of three ICRC staff members, NGOs suspend non-emergency activities for one week in a measure of solidarity and mourning. Remaining ICRC staff leave Burundi. b)…

New Government Formed to Tackle Economic Crisis On 3 June Angolan President Eduardo Jose dos Santos announced a dramatic reshuffle of his Government to deal with the growing economic and social crisis facing the country. The sacking of the Prime Minister,…

General: The humanitarian community in Burundi reacted with deep shock to the murder in an ambush of three ICRC delegates in Cibitoke Province on Tuesday, 4 June as they were returning from an evaluation mission to Mugina. Following the assassination of…