Informes

(FR) (Amb. Inderfurth's Security Council remarks) (1120) UNITED NATIONS -- The United States "strongly supports" the economic sanctions imposed on Burundi by African nations, U.S. Ambassador Karl Inderfurth said August 28. The full economic sanctions, including cutting air links, were imposed on July…

22-28 Aug 1996 HIGHLIGHTS HACO met with the US Ambassador and the USAID Director to discuss current HACO and Humanitarian Community activities in Liberia. Discussions also focused on the international NGO presence in Liberia determining that a stronger NGO representation is…

DATE=8/27/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202270 TITLE=BURUNDI / SANCTIONS (L ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=BUJUMBURA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: PEOPLE IN BURUNDI ARE BEGINNING TO FEEL THE PRESSURE OF SANCTIONS, WITH POWER CUTS AND LONG LINES FOR FUEL NOW A NORMAL PART OF LIFE. CHRIS TOMLINSON REPORTS FROM BURUNDI'S CAPITAL,…

DATE=8/27/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202256 TITLE=LIBERIA / DISARMAMENT (L-ONLY) BYLINE=JACKSON KANNEH DATELINE=MONROVIA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: LIBERIA'S MAIN FACTION LEADER, CHARLES TAYLOR, HAS PLEDGED TO DEMOBILIZE THOUSANDS OF FIGHTERS DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. HE SAYS HE WILL ALSO RETRIEVE AND RETURN VEHICLES AND OTHER PROPERTY STOLEN…

UNHCR closed its last camp for Rwandan refugees in Burundi on Tuesday after the remaining 6,000 refugees left for Rwanda. This marks the first time UNHCR has completed a country operation for the Rwanda refugees since they flooded into neighboring countries…

REPATRIATION FROM BURUNDI COMPLETED UNHCR reports that the repatriation of Rwandan refugees from Burundi was completed on 27 August with the closure of the last remaining camp, Rukuramigabo. This is the first time that UNHCR has completed a country operation…

Rwanda Starting with this issue, FEWS will provide regular coverage of food security in Rwanda from Kigali. Food security in Rwanda has improved gradually since the genocide and mass exodus of refugees that took place between April and July 1994. FAO…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi U.S. diplomats are brokering a deal that would allow a military leader installed in last months coup to be officially recognized as president, sources close to the talks said Sunday. The deal would require military leader Pierre Buyoya to…

BUJUMBURA (Aug 26, 1996 11:00 a.m. EDT) Much of Burundi's capital was without mains electricity on Monday after Hutu rebels cut power lines to Bujumbura, stepping up pressure on the city already suffering from nearly a month of regional…

From Segun Adeyemi; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, (PANA) - The United Nations secretary-general, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, has asked the security council to extend the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL), by three months. In his latest report to the…