Rapports

12-18 September 1996 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Liberia UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs HIGHLIGHTS Following nutritional screening of children in Tubmanburg, Action…

I am pleased to send you our latest analysis on developments in Burundi. We have been encouraged to receive a number of positive reactions to previous analyses. We welcome further comments and feedback. Yours faithfully, Bill Yates International Alert Burundi team. BURUNDI - ACCOUNT…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON GITEGA, Burundi (AP) -- A special Vatican envoy presided over a memorial service for a slain bishop Tuesday and urged Burundians to stop the massacres that have claimed at least 150,000 lives since 1993. ''To you politicians, members…

SECRETARY-GENERAL REJECTS ALLEGATIONS BY GOVERNMENT OF ZAIRE AGAINST UNHCR The following was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The Secretary-General has learned with deep concern about accusations made by the Government of Zaire that…

Bujumbura remained calm following the assassination of the archbishop and President Buyoya's moves to restore political institutions. However, fighting continued in the hills outside the city and in northern Burundi. Diminished fuel stocks and limited supplies of other essential resources…

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-fourth session Item 10 of the provisional agenda Question of the Violation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in any Part of the World, with Particular Reference to Colonial and Other Dependent Countries and TerritoriesReport…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Zairean troops beat up two U.N. staffers after television reports claimed that U.N. agencies were helping armed Rwandan soldiers infiltrate the country, U.N. sources said Monday. U.N. officials denied the Zairian television report, broadcast last weekend, and…

IRIN Note: Not an official record. At a press conference this morning, Nsanze Terence, Permanent Representative of Burundi, appealed for the lifting of economic sanctions against his country. He said Burundi's National Assembly was reinstated last week and political parties…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- Efforts by the country's coup-installed leader to get crippling sanctions lifted have failed, dashing hopes for a quick end to an economic stranglehold on the tiny African country. Maj. Pierre Buyoya said last…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 26 in a series of weekly reports from IRIN on general developments in the Great Lakes region. Sources for the information…