Rapports

Western diplomats says Burundi's Tutsi-led military government barred some Burundians from leaving on the last two commercial flights out of the sanctions-hit country. They say only six Burundians got formal permission to leave on the flights later Tuesday evening, including…

Dear Friends, BURUNDI Anxious foreigners and Burundians scrambled on Monday for Sabena tickets on the last scheduled commercial flight out of the sanctions-besieged country. ACT/Christian Aid s Field Officer Eliane Duthoit returned to Bujumbura last night, after a brief R&R, via Sabena…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Aug 13, 1996 5:29 p.m. EDT) - Hundreds of Burundians and foreigners jostled at Bujumbura's airport Tuesday night for the last commercial flights out of the sanctions-hit country. Chaos ruled in the steamy airport building as people pushed and…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's new military regime has announced fuel rationing starting Tuesday, 10 days after economic sanctions imposed by neighbouring Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zaire. To implement the rationing, fuel coupons were being distributed at the Bujumbura Football…

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA Arusha International Conference Centre P.O. Box 6016, Arusha, Tanzania Ref: ICTR/INFO-9-2-014 On 9 August 1996, Theoneste Bagosora and Andre Ntagerura, both detained in Yaounde, Cameroon, were indicted by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for…

ROME (AP) -- Tanzania agreed Monday to allow humanitarian aid into neighboring Burundi, despite sanctions imposed by east and central African nations to oust Burundi's new military regime. Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda imposed sanctions, suspended air traffic and blocked…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press Writer KINYARU-HAUT, Rwanda (AP) - Rwanda severed air and road links Friday with Burundi, completing a circle of isolation around the central African country in an effort to force out military leaders who seized power last…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi - France urged its nationals Monday to leave Burundi, hit by sanctions aimed at ending ethnic strife, as foreigners in the capital scrambled to catch the last two commercial flights out Tuesday. The French appeal through its Foreign Ministry…

ROME - Catherine Bertini, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme has welcomed the Government of Tanzania's decision to allow humanitarian aid deliveries to reach Burundi. "We hope the same spirit of cooperation will prevail among the other countries…

DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - The humanitarian NGO "Medecins Sans Frontieres" (Doctors Without Borders) has called on countries neighbouring Burundi to respect the rules of international law on economic sanctions, by allowing into the country, "immediately and without restriction, essential primary…