Rapports

Background Following the outbreak of the armed conflict between the Sierra Leone government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in early 1991, it was the eastern areas that were the most severely affected. The conflict intensified in 1994 and 1995,…

HIGHLIGHTS Pockets of famine have developed in several parts of Liberia following a sharp reduction in food production and a serious disruption of relief distributions. Although some areas have become accessible recently, many roads towards the centre of the country are…

Burundi - EIN/GVA/96/20 On 30 September, UNICEF Bujumbura organized its first air bridge' for the transport of emergency goods undertaken since the start of the economic embargo of Burundi by neighbouring countries. This operation was carried out with logistical support…

History of U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Liberia 1990 - 1996 The U.S. has been providing humanitarian assistance to Liberia since the beginning of the conflict. To date, the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance…

By Kirpatrick J. Day and Paula J. Ghedini UVIRA, ZAIRE -- More than two years after the Rwandan genocide, the Great Lakes region of Africa is still a morass of instability. Here in Uvira, home to almost 220,000 Rwandan and…

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- U.N. officials discovered dozens of fresh graves Monday in western Liberia, evidence that rebels may be violating a cease-fire signed last week. More than a dozen other cease-fires also have failed to…

DATE=9/30/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-203895 TITLE=BURUNDI/UNITED STATES (S-ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=BUJUMBURA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY TO BURUNDI ARRIVED SUNDAY IN BUJUMBURA FOR FIVE DAYS OF MEETINGS IN HOPES OF EASING THE CRISIS IN THE SMALL CENTRAL AFRICAN COUNTRY. REPORTER CHRIS TOMLINSON IS IN…

Background Following the outbreak of the armed conflict between the Sierra Leone government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in early 1991, it was the eastern areas that were the most severely affected. The conflict intensified in 1994 and 1995,…