Rapports

WFP C-130 CONTINUES AIRDROPS...The C-130 Hercules chartered by WFP continued the airdrops of food which began on 22 July. From 24-29 July, some 225 metric tonnes were dropped in Panthou, Thiek Thou, Ajiep and Akobo. ARC RETURNS TO EASTERN EQUATORIA... Staff…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Jul 30, 1996 00:41 a.m. EDT) -- Civilian reports that Burundi's Tutsi-led army killed dozens of Hutus in retaliation for a rebel attack at a coffee plantation met today with conflicting government response. Lt. Col. Longin Minani said…

DATE=7/30/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-200986 TITLE=BURUNDI ASSEMBLY (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STERNS DATELINE=BUJUMBURA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A LEADING MEMBER OF BURUNDI'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY SAYS THE NEW MILITARY APPOINTED PRESIDENT SHOULD ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE MEMBERS OF A NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. V-O-A'S EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STERNS REPORTS…

FROM SAM KILEY IN KIRIMBI, EASTERN BURUNDI "THEY are shooting. The soldiers are shooting in my village," gasped the teenage girl carrying a baby on her back as she shooed two toddlers ahead of her along a bush track. Close on…

InterAction agencies in Burundi and neighboring countries expressed concern about the prospects for renewed violence and suffering in the wake of a military coup last week in the nations capitol, Bujumbura. The coup, which initially claimed no lives, took place after…

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,…