Burundi
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1997. Burundi's democratically elected president was overthrown in a military coup on July 25. Despite the coup, the National Assembly and political parties continue to…
Rwanda
Rwanda Situation: - Radio Rwanda reported on January 30 that the Rwandese Minister of Foreign Affairs has expressed the disappointement of the Government of Rwanda about the statement issued by the Belgian Foreign Affairs Ministry to the effect that the…
Rwanda
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1997. The largely Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which took power following the civil war and genocide of 1994, is the principal political force in the Government of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
By William Wallis KINSHASA, Jan 30 (Reuter) - Zaire's counter-offensive against rebels has run into difficulty with the mercenary-backed government army on the defensive on many fronts, government and military sources said on Thursday. A senior defence ministry official in the capital…
Liberia
DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - With only a day before the expiry of the deadline on Liberian armed factions to surrender their weapons, the West African peace monitoring force, ECOMOG, has appealed for additional logistical support from the international community. ECOMOG…
Sierra Leone
DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - Sierra Leone is to get food aid worth 19.4 million US dollars from the World Food Programme (WFP) aimed at encouraging the resettlement of thousands of people displaced by civil war over the past six…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
BURUNDI, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA & ZAIRE: emergency appeal no. 19/96 period covered: 1 October - 31 December 1996 Summary The Red Cross Societies of Zaire, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda aided by the International Federation, had to contend with three months of arduous,…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1997.ZAIRE After 31 years of authoritarian rule, President Mobutu Sese Seko is generally considered to remain in control of the Government, although his poor health…
