Rapports

Following the recent intensification of the civil conflict in Bubanza and Cibitoke provinces in northwestern Burundi, an upsurge in the number of refugees moving across the border into Zaire has been reported. UNHCR now estimates that approximately 23,000 refugees have…

Original in: /HRNET/AFRICA DEBRA@OLN.comlink.apc.org date : 11.03.96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------Title: Sudan Human Rights Practices, 1995 Author: U.S. Department of State Date: March 1996 SUDAN After the 1989 coup that overthrew Sudan's democratically elected government, the military assumed power under Lt. General Omar Hassan Al- Bashir and…

By Christian Jennings BUJUMBURA, May 13 (Reuter) - Humanitarian sources in Burundi said on Monday more than 375 people, most or all Hutus, were massacred on May 3 in the northern village of Kivyuka. The Tutsi-dominated army said last week it…

Rectification: Two errors were made in the last report regarding the status and activities of Action Contre la Faim. First, it was incorrectly reported that Action Contre la Faim was terminating its nutrition programmes in the refugee camps due to…

This is number 8 in a series of weekly reports from IRIN on general developments in the Great Lakes region. Sources for the information below include UN, NGO, ICRC and media reports. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit…

Rising violence in Burundi has brought fears of a genocide to rival Rwanda's in 1994. Neighbouring Tanzania is worried that another refugee flood might suddenly pour over its border. Now, reports Gemini News Service, Tanzanian elder statesman Julius Nyerere has…

EAST AFRICA AND THE HORN Sudan Early in 1996, food insecurity prevails in southern Sudan. An Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) rapid assessment team that recently returned from Eastern Equatoria reports that approximately 75,500 people in the Narus area are in immediate…

Repatriation According to UNHCR, during the month of April, 3,533 refugees returned to Rwanda through UNHCR assistance. This was a decrease of 27% compared to March figures. UNHCR reports that increased intimidation and administrative delays in organising visits by Rwandese Government…

Angola Country Report Structure SITUATION - Under the Unit for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Angola (UCAH), the Central Mine Action Office (CMAO), in cooperation with the United Nations Verification Mission to Angola (UNAVEM III), is developing a comprehensive mine…

Overview SITUATION - Jun. 95 - Sudan has a critical problem with land mines because of an ongoing civil war in which both sides continue to lay mines. Most of these mines have been placed in Southern Sudan, the locale…