Burundi
FROM SAM KILEY IN NAIROBI KENYA yesterday tightened the sanctions noose on Burundi's military Government by closing all communications with the central African country and refusing landing rights to aid flights. Bujumbura, Burundi's capital, has been hit hard by sanctions imposed…
Burundi
By STEFAN LOVGREN Associated Press Writer KIRIBA, Burundi (AP) -- Villagers say the Tutsi soldiers came at dawn. Armed with machine guns and machetes, they took positions around the densely populated clusters of mud huts. Then, mayhem. ''I was looking down on…
Burundi
By SUSAN LINNEE Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Uganda suspended air and road links with Burundi on Wednesday, joining Kenya and Tanzania in sanctions to force Burundi's two-week old military regime to return to constitutional rule. ''If everybody hangs together…
Burundi
ROME - The World Food Programme is concerned that sanctions imposed on Burundi are preventing humanitarian relief from entering the country thereby threatening the wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of people. WFP also expressed concern that the cut-off of emergency food,…
Burundi
BUJUMBURA, Burundi(Reuter) - Human rights group Amnesty International has accused Burundi's Tutsi-led army of killing more than 200 Hutu civilians since seizing power in a coup just under two weeks ago. The report, released by the London-based group on Monday, came…
Burundi
DATE=8/6/96 TITLE=U-N / BURUNDI (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA INTRO: THE TOP U-N HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL HAS CALLED FOR BURUNDI'S LEADERS TO PUT AN END TO THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS WRACKED THE COUNTRY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. V-O-A'S DOUGLAS ROBERTS REPORTS THE…
Burundi
DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201335 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: KENYA HAS JOINED TANZANIA BY IMPOSING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI. AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, EAST AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE LAST WEEK ANNOUNCED AN EMBARGO AGAINST THE NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT. TEXT: KENYA HAS SUSPENDED ALL…
Burundi
HR/96/40 José Ayala-Lasso Recommends Increase in Number of Observers to Contribute to Stabilization High Commissioner for Human Rights José Ayala Lasso has launched an appeal for contributions from United Nations Member States in order to increase the number of human rights…
Burundi
From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - South African vice president Thabo Mbeki Tuesday reiterated his government's full support for the OAU stand on Burundi where a conflict between the Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority…
Burundi
NOTE TO THE SPOKESMAN DHA is studying the possible consequences of sanctions against Burundi with respect to the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The five-person DHA mission was due to leave Bujumbura today en route to Nairobi aboard a WFP flight. However, as…
