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U N I T E D N A T I O N S 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 23 in a series of weekly reports from…

DATE=8/25/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202162 TITLE=BURUNDI / BUYOYA (L) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=BUJUMBURA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: BURUNDI'S MILITARY RULER MAJOR PIERRE BUYOYA TRAVELED TO TANZANIA SUNDAY FOR TALKS WITH REGIONAL MEDIATOR FORMER TANZANIAN PRESIDENT JULIUS NYERERE. REPORTER CHRIS TOMLINSON IN BUJUMBURA REPORTS THAT THE TALKS MAY BE PART…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Daily Summary of Main Events in Burundi 23 August 1996 Sources for the information below include UN agencies, NGOs, other international organisations and media…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Angola C) Russian Federation (Chechnya) From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli or Mr. M. Crosthwaite, WFP…

By LOUIS MEIXLER UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Burundi army officers were apparently behind the 1993 assassination of the nation's first Hutu president, which triggered widespread ethnic fighting in the country, a U.N. report concludes. The report, a copy of which was…

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- Zaire and Rwanda agreed Thursday to repatriate more than 1 million Rwandan refugees living in Zairian camps since mid-1994. "The two heads of government have decided to make operational the organized, massive and unconditional repatriation of all…

By GEORGE GEDDA WASHINGTON (AP) -- Burundi Army troops shot thousands of Hutu villagers to death recently after they denied knowledge of the whereabouts of Hutu rebels, Amnesty International says. The human rights organization reported Thursday that 6,000 Burundians have…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network PO Box 30218, Nairobi. Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 E-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION This report describes developments in Masisi, Rutshuru and…

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuter) - Repatriation of 1.1 million Rwandan Hutu refugees announced by Zaire and Rwanda could start within a few days, an exiled Rwandan Hutu lobby group said on Friday. Innocent Butare, executive secretary of the Rally for the…

The human rights situation in Burundi continues to deteriorate, despite promises by Major Pierre Buyoya who came to power on 25 July 1996 to end killings and prevent forcible repatriation of Rwandese refugees. More than 6,000 people are reported…