Rapports

(FR) (Burns's remarks 7/30) (360) By Jane A. Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- Although the United States government does not recognize the leadership which seized control of Burundi in a coup July 25, the country will continue to get $3…

GITEGA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army said on Tuesday it killed 30 Hutus in central Gitega region at the weekend after a rebel attack on a coffee research station. But Hutus in the area disputed the army's version and…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Burundi's new Tutsi military ruler, Pierre Buyoya, left Bujumbura by air for Uganda on Tuesday, a day before a planned African summit on the Burundi crisis, officials said. They gave no details of the trip by Buyoya,…

Abuja - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed a proposal that envisions possible war crimes trials for Liberia's faction leaders, the head of the organization said here on July 23. That resolution presented this month by the…

BUJUMBURA (Reuter) - African statesman Julius Nyerere said Monday Burundi was in danger of becoming another Rwanda, where up to a million people were slaughtered in a 1994 genocide. Nyerere said Burundi, which has the same explosive tribal mix of…

(FR) (U.S. State Dept. spokesman briefs reporters) (300) By Jane Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- The capital of Burundi, Bujumbura, is calm but the political situation there remains "fluid," Nicholas Burns, the U.S. State Department spokesman, told reporters July 29. Speaking to reporters…

By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council called on Burundi's military leaders Monday to restore constitutional government, and urged all parties to refrain from actions that could trigger a Rwanda-style ethnic bloodbath. But the…

(FR) (DHA corrects "mistaken impression" that U.N. pulling out) (660) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- In the wake of the coup in Burundi, U.N. relief agencies operating in the region are taking a variety of measures to prepare for…

The briefing was chaired by Martin Griffiths, Director of DHA Geneva. It was attended by representatives from UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO and IOM. DHA In his opening, Mr. Griffiths explained that the purpose of the meeting was to give a clear picture…