Informes

Washington, DC - Following is the prepared testimony by former U.S. Ambassador to Liberia James K. Bishop for the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa. Bishop also served as deputy assistant secretary of State for human rights. Thank you…

ITARAMA, Rwanda -- Peter Bisetsa believes he can prove his innocence, if he can just get out of jail long enough to see a judge. Bisetsa, 47, a college instructor, has been in the packed, disease-ridden prison here since February…

PRESS COMMUNIQUE OF THE ARUSHA REGIONALSUMMIT ON BURUNDI 1. At the invitation of President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania, Presidents Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Pasteur Bizimungu of Rwanda, and Sylvestre Ntibantunganya of Burundi…

"We're not excluding any type of assistance which can help us stop the killings." -- Burundian Prime Minister Antoine Nduwayo BUJUMBURA, Burundi (CNN) -- Concerned about what seems to be a frantic arms race among Burundi's ethnic factions, the country's rival leaders…

From Ferdinand Bigumandondera; PANA Corresponden BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's 277,540 ethnic war displaced persons consume 218 tonnes of firewood per day, according to a report issued here. The report, based on a survey conducted in five provinces -- Muyinga, Kirundo, Ngozi…

GOMA: A View From The Field CARE field worker Mark Richardson looks back on the cataclysmic events of last July and what it means to humanitarians worldwide. GOMA, Zaire -- Driving north from town last week, I stopped the Land Rover…

General: NGOs recommenced activities this week after a seven-day mourning for the three ICRC delegates killed in Cibitoke on 4 June. Still, a number of NGOs have minimised activities and/or put certain programmes on stand-by as they continue to assess…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Leaders of the countries in the Great Lakes begin a summit Tuesday on Burundi's political instability. The conference will take place in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha. Burundi Prime Minister Antoine Nduwayo has spent two days in…

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 14 in a series of weekly reports from…

B. EAST AFRICA 1: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA 1. Regional a) WFP Assistant Executive Director visits the sub-region. 2. Burundi a) Grenade explosion at a food distribution in Rukuramigabo camp in Kirundo province results in 68 wounded. b) Serious security…