Rapports

LUANDA, Angola (PANA) - Nine generals of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) were officially integrated into the Angolan armed forces in a ceremony in Luanda on Friday. The ceremony took place in the presence of the…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Over the last two weeks, just 1,500 of the 200,000 Burundian refugees in Tanzania have returned home in the country's north-eastern province. The head of emergency aid of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Claire…

PART I - HIGHLIGHTS (Details below in Part II) A. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA. Information as of 19 December. 1. Tanzania a) Refugees who left the Ngara camps on 12 and 13 December cross into Rwanda…

Co-ordinating Office Action by Churches Together (ACT) is a worldwide network of Churches and their related agencies meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency response and common identity. The ACT network is organizationally based in the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and…

212 Piccadilly London WC1V 9LD United Kingdom Telephone: 0171 917 1854 International: 44 171 917 1854 E-Mail: main@sufo.demon.co.uk WebPage: http://www.sufo.demon.co.uk/ News Release Release Date: Friday 20 December 1996, 9:00 am In a Report issued today, the Sudan Foundation has called on the British Government to reconsider…

PART I - HIGHLIGHTS (Details below in Part II) ANGOLA 1. Update a) UNAVEM III mandate extended through 28 February 1997. b) The Joint Commission declares that UNITA has met all military obligations under the Lusaka Peace Protocol. c) Quartering and demobilisation…

GREAT LAKES We are concerned about the way in which people have reportedly been arrested on return to eastern Rwanda from Tanzania and we are raising this with the Rwandan authorities. We have heard reports that people are being…

Appeal Target : US$ 2,834,961 Geneva, December 20, 1996 Dear Friends, There could not be a more joyful Christmas gift than the homecoming of several hundred thousand Rwandans -- refugees for over 2 years now. Finally, there may be…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - More than 78 people have been killed in Kizuka, southern Burundi, 70 km from Bujumbura, army spokesman Col. Minani Longin announced on Thursday. The massacre was discovered by soldiers pursuing extremist Hutu rebels who had laid…

From Ferdinand Bigumandondera; PANA Correspondent BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian public workers will effective January 1997 have to contribute 6 percent of their monthly wages towards the ongoing civil war, which has engulfed the country since October 1993. A statement issued after…