Informes

ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuter) - Nigeria's military ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha, the chairman of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), met for several hours Tuesday with Liberian faction leaders, Nigerian officials said. ''These talks are very important to lay down the…

WASHINGTON (Jul 30, 1996 00:41 a.m. EDT) - The United States made grants totalling $145,500 to a foundation run by Maj. Pierre Buyoya, who seized power last week in Burundi in a coup condemned by Washington, the State Department…

Food production in Rwanda is expected to rise by 15 percent this year but remains well below the pre-crisis level, and almost 600,000 people will need emergency food aid during the second half of the year. These findings are contained…

Rwandan Refugees from Burundi There has been no further forced repatriation of Rwandan refugees from Burundi since Tuesday 23 July. As of 30 July, almost all those Rwandan refugees who had arrived back to Butare Prefecture, approximately 15,200, had been…

GITEGA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army said on Tuesday it killed 30 Hutus in central Gitega region at the weekend after a rebel attack on a coffee research station. But Hutus in the area disputed the army's version and…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's new Tutsi military ruler, Pierre Buyoya, left Bujumbura by air for Uganda on Tuesday, a day before a planned African summit on the Burundi crisis, officials said. They gave no details of the trip by Buyoya,…

(FR) (Burns's remarks 7/30) (360) By Jane A. Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- Although the United States government does not recognize the leadership which seized control of Burundi in a coup July 25, the country will continue to get $3…

(FR) (U.S. State Dept. spokesman briefs reporters) (300) By Jane Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- The capital of Burundi, Bujumbura, is calm but the political situation there remains "fluid," Nicholas Burns, the U.S. State Department spokesman, told reporters July 29. Speaking to reporters…

By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council called on Burundi's military leaders Monday to restore constitutional government, and urged all parties to refrain from actions that could trigger a Rwanda-style ethnic bloodbath. But the…

(FR) (DHA corrects "mistaken impression" that U.N. pulling out) (660) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- In the wake of the coup in Burundi, U.N. relief agencies operating in the region are taking a variety of measures to prepare for…