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BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - African statesman Julius Nyerere said Monday Burundi was in danger of becoming another Rwanda, where up to a million people were slaughtered in a 1994 genocide. Nyerere said Burundi, which has the same explosive tribal mix of…

Abuja - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed a proposal that envisions possible war crimes trials for Liberia's faction leaders, the head of the organization said here on July 23. That resolution presented this month by the…

The briefing was chaired by Martin Griffiths, Director of DHA Geneva. It was attended by representatives from UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO and IOM. DHA In his opening, Mr. Griffiths explained that the purpose of the meeting was to give a clear picture…

By STEFAN LOVGRENAssociated Press Writer BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Burundi's new president, installed by a military coup last week, shifted his attention Monday from trying to muster support at home to trying to persuade international leaders to back his government. But even…

By KARIN DAVIES Associated Press Writer BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - Burundi's new military-backed president says world leaders who want to help end ethnic violence in the tiny Central African country should keep their troops at home and send mediators instead. Pierre Buyoya,…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Mainstream Hutu politicians ignored a charm offensive by Burundi's new Tutsi military ruler Monday as troops and Hutu rebels battled in the interior. ''I am a democrat more than others and we could not let other…

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. BUJUMBURA, Burundi -- "I think the coup is very good, because it will mean peace," said Janine, who was admiring the sunset from a stone breakwater that stretches into Lake Tanganyika. "Before, there were too…

FROM SAM KILEY IN BUJUMBURA BURUNDI'S new President, facing international condemnation of his takeover, yesterday offered an olive branch to Hutu rebels and pledged to form a government this week to try to silence the clamour for international military…

Bujumbura - The coup in Burundi on July 25 came despite warnings a day earlier by the United Nations Security Council, the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the European Community and other leading Western nations, that any attempt by the military…