Rapports

From B. Szynalski, Director, Operational Policy and Support Division. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Ms. B. Karlstrom Dorph, Director, Resources Division, WFP Rome (Ph. 39 6 5228 2500) A. LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE 1. Liberia a) Security improves…

Arusha, Tanzania - A regional summit of Burundi's neighbours has agreed to provide the war-torn tiny central African nation with military assistance to prevent simmering ethnic violence from exploding into another bloodbath like in neighbouring Rwanda, which has a similar…

Kigali - An attempt to bring to trial suspects for Rwanda's 1994 ethnic genocide has been postponed for several more weeks due to a dispute between the Rwandan National Assembly and the government, deputy speaker of the Rwandan parliament…

Washington, DC - Following is the prepared testimony on Liberia by acting assistant secretary of State for African Affairs William H. Twaddell before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa. I am pleased to report that the situation in Liberia…

B. REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA 1. General a) WFP Regional Logistics meeting held in Bukavu to review existing logistics contingency plans for Rwanda and Burundi, and create a logistics contingency plan for Masisi, Zaire. 2. Burundi a) Insecurity continues…

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the Special Envoy, Kigali Main Developments Three International Committee of the Red Cross delegates were killed in an ambush as they worked to bring water to the affected populations in Burundi's Cibitoke province on…

BACKGROUND PAPER ON BURUNDI I Political/diplomatic initiatives 1. The second round of the Mwanza Talks, chaired by former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, were held last week. 2. The meeting proved inconclusive due to the refusal of Government negotiators to meet with a…

UPDATE No. 4 Liberia Refugees Crisis Alert Liberia Crisis Response AFLR61 / Liberia Crisis Response Phase II AFLR62 GENERAL: Despite the absence of widespread news coverage of the current situation in Liberia, it is clear that the status of security in and…

Liberia Crisis Response AFLR61 / Liberia Crisis Response Phase II AFLR62 GENERAL: Despite the absence of widespread news coverage of the current situation in Liberia, it is clear that the status of security in and around Monrovia continues to be serious.…

PRESS COMMUNIQUE OF THE ARUSHA REGIONAL SUMMIT ON BURUNDI 1. At the invitation of President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania, Presidents Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Pasteur Bizimungu of Rwanda, and Sylvestre Ntibantunganya of…