Rapports

By BARBARA CROSSETTE UNITED NATIONS -- Without waiting for formal international sanctions to be imposed on Burundi, several African nations have closed their borders or severed air links with the landlocked nation in recent days to put pressure on military…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States government on Wednesday donated 2.92 million dollars to the Organization of African Unity (OAU) for its conflict resolution and management activity. An embassy spokesman in Addis Ababa, the seat of the OAU, said…

(Excerpt) HR/CERD/96/35 Alarmed by recent developments in Burundi, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning adopted a resolution calling on the Burundian parties to cease immediately any massacres and to cooperate fully with all those who were seeking…

Despite claims by the new Burundi military leader, Major Pierre Buyoya, that he wants to stop genocide in Burundi, massacres by government forces and armed groups continue unabated, Amnesty International said in a report issued today. Since the coup d'etat…

(FR) (Could exacerbate hostility in the north) (240) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it fears the sanctions imposed against Burundi may exacerbate hostility to the Rwandan refugees who remain in the…

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…

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuter) - The United Nations Wednesday made a passionate appeal to Tanzania and Kenya for permission to send food aid to more than 700,000 war refugees in landlocked Burundi, now hit by regional economic sanctions. Tanzania and Kenya…

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…

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…